270 HISTORY OF BRITISH ZOOPHYTES. 



And ai'borets of jointed stone ^vc^e there, 

 And plants of fibres fine as silkworms' thread, 

 Yea, beautiful as mermaids' golden hair 

 Upon the waves dispread." — Southey. 



Tribe 1. TUBULIPORINA. 



Family TUBULIPOEID^. 

 Character. Polypidoms calcareous, massive, orbiculated, or 

 lobed, or divided dichotomously ; the cells long and tubular, 

 with a round, prominent, unconstricted aperture- — Br. Jolimton. 



Genus XXXY. TUBULIPOEA, Lamarck. 



Gen. Char. Polypidom depressed, circular or lobed, adherent 

 by a thin calcareous basis ; cells clustered, inclined to be rowed, 

 erect or sub-horizontal, more or less free at the round terminal 

 aperture. — Johnston. 



■^ With a thin sessile basis. (Discopora^ Fleming.) 



1. TUBULIPORA PATINA, PallaS. 



Hab. Oil shells and zoophytes and seaweeds from deep 

 water. ]\Iiss S. Beever, Isle of Man ; Mrs. Gulson, Ex- 

 niouth; Mrs. Gatty, coast of Yorkshire; Miss Allardyce, 

 Cromarty. 



This is a handsome little zoophyte. On our west coast 

 it is chiefly found in the tangled roots of Laminaria digi- 



