498 Mr. Stutchbury on the Growth of young Corals. 



EXPLANATION OF TAB. XXXII. 



Fig. 1 . represents part of a large dead specimen of F. agaricifor- 

 mis, upon which a great number of young ones have grown. 

 Many remain still attached ; and at a. are seen the foot- 

 stalks from which others have been separated. This speci- 

 men, which is the finest that has been found, is now in 

 the collection of Dr. Bright. A part only is represented, 

 but enough is shown to illustrate the subject. A com- 

 plete drawing of this very rich specimen would be a most 

 laborious work. 



Fig. 2. a, b, represents two of the young of F. agariciformis 

 growing attached to one of the lamellae of a dead coral of its 

 own species. 



Fig. 3 and 4 are upper and under views of two specimens of the 

 same species, taken soon after they had separated from their 

 peduncles, in which the lamellae are distinctly seen on the 

 under surface. 



Fig. 5. A larger individual of the same. In the under view the 

 place where it was formerly attached can be clearly traced, 

 but the part has been covered with a deposit of calcareous 

 matter similar to the rest of the coral, and the lamellae are 

 no longer distinctly seen. 



Fig. 6. Two views oiFungia Paumotensis in a similar state to the 

 preceding. 



XXIX. On 



