192 CLASS III.— ORDER 11. 



BRONZE. 



8. Antipathes (Enea, Stem simple, very straight, 

 and bronzed ; branches dichotomous, panicled, and 

 forming a spiral line round the stem. 



Indian Ocean. 



BROOiM-SHAPED. ' 



9. Antipathes scoparia. Stem branching and 

 panicled ; panicle loose, inclining to a corymbus, 

 composed of long filiform twigs, nearly upright, and 

 thickly covered with short prickles ; height from five 

 to six decimetres. 



Mediterranean. 



LARCH. 



10. Antipathes iarix. Stems upright, very sim- 

 ple, above half a metre long, but not thick ; rough, 

 and thinly garnished with setaceous branches. 



Mediterranean and Adriatic. 



LACERATED. 



11. Antipathes lacera. Stem with runners, spiny, 

 and branched; branches twined, tortuous, and long, 

 putting forth smaller branches, laciniated, curled, and 

 spmy ; height from five to six decimetres. 



Indian Ocean. 



thorn-broom. 



12. Antipathes ulex. Extremely branched; 

 branches scattered, open, and projecting considerably. 



Indian seas. 



WINGED. 



13. Antipathes pinna fifida. Branches nume- 



