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Stylatula Verriix. 

 Elongated, slender, nearly cylindrical; near the base naked, bulbous at 

 the end. Pinna; short, supported by numerous strong radiating spines, the 

 polyps clustered on their upper surface. Axis sub-cylindrical, extending 

 through nearly t-lu; wU.»Uj length. 

 Stylatula gracilis Verriix. 



Very slender, nearly cylindrical above ; base swollen. Pinna; at first very 

 narrow, leaving a linear naked space between the two rows on both sides; 

 higher up they overlap and are much crowded, thirty-two in an inch. 

 Length, a foot or more; diameter, .12 inch. Cape St. Lucas, California ; 

 J. Xantus. 

 Stylatula elongata Verriix. 



Svx. Virgrdaria elongata W. M. Gai5I5, Proc. California Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. II. 107, 18G3. 



Larger and stouter than the preceding. Pinna? broader and more over- 

 lapping, leaving a naked space between the rows for only a short distance : 

 in the middle, twenty occupy an inch. The spines are also larger and 

 fewer. — San Francisco, California; A. Agassiz. 



Fuuiculina Foi'besii Verriix. 



Syx. Paconaria quadrangularis (pars*) Johnson. 



A careful examination of several perfect specimens of this species, col- 

 lected on the coast of Scotland by Mr. Stimpson, proves it to be distinct 

 from that of the Mediterranean, first figured and described by Bohadsch, 

 and afterwards named Pennatula quadrangularis by Pallas. 



It is much more slender than the latter, with far less numerous and 

 crowded polyps ; these are arranged in oblique series of two or three, in- 

 stead of five; the miter ones are the largest, those occupying the central 

 region being rudimentary and papillitbrm, but all are disproportionately 

 smaller than those of F. quadrangularis. — Near Oban, Scotland; Win, 

 Stimpson. 



Pteroides Putnami Verriix. 



Small and delicate ; the pinnate portion broad oval in outline. Peduncle 

 a little more than half the whole length, smooth, slender-pointed. Pinnae 

 rather broad, with a wide base, supported by five or six clusters of strong 

 spines, radiating from the base, eight or ten spines in each group. These 

 give a strongly-lobed appearance to the edges of the pinnae. — Hong Kong, 

 China; ('apt. \V. II. A. Putnam. 



Ptcrogorgia setosa Eiirexberq, Coral], roth. Meer. 1S34. 



Svx. Gorgonia setosa (pars) Linn. Pterogorgia setosa Dana, Zooph. 

 This species and the following have been more or less confounded by 

 nearly all authors, but when large series are examined they appear quite 

 distinct. — Florida and West Indies; L. Azassiz. 



