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and undulated ; branches numerous, open_, scattered, 

 curved, and bipinnated. 



Var. B. Stem branching; branches tail-formed. 

 Indian Ocean. 



RADIANT. 



19. Antipathes radians. Stem very short, spread- 

 ing wide at the base, and branching ; the branches 

 diverging in the form of an espalier ; height from six- 

 teen to eighteen centimetres. 



Mediterranean. 



PECTINATED. 



20. Antipathes pectinata. Stem branching and 

 fan-shaped ; branches compressed and pinnated ; 

 smaller branches setaceous, almost divided, and thinly 

 set with spines. 



WOOLLY. 



21. Antipathes erico'ides. Stem very branching, 

 very woolly, and blackish ; branches scattered, and 

 frequently anastomosed ; little branches numerous. 



Indian Ocean. 



tongued. 



22. Antipathes //^w/«^a. Fan-shaped, and finely 

 reticulated ; side ramifications flattened in the form 

 of little tongues, widening in the middle, and form- 

 ing a delicate net-work ; height from twelve to fifteen 

 centimetres. 



latticed. 



23. Antipathes dathrata. Stem very branching; 



