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Spougodes capitata Verkill. 



Large and very ramulous; the thick naked trunk subdividing in a dicho- 

 i- manner from near the base into short, capitate, terminal branches, 

 having a dense cluster of Aery short branchlets at the ends on which the 

 cells are closely crowded. Spicula while, not very conspicuous, the large 

 ones not very numerous. Color in alcohol yellowish gray. — Hong Kong, 

 China; Capt. W. II. A. Putnam. 



Spougodes gigantea Verriix. 



Crows in a manner similar to the preceding, but stouter and more ar- 

 borescent, with larger and less crowded polyps and very large, conspicuous, 

 white spicula. Color in alcohol dark brownish red. — Hong Kong, China; 

 Wm. Stimpson, N. Pacif. Expl. Exp. 



Telesto fruticulosa Dana. 



Charleston, South Carolina; L. Agassiz. — Stono Inlet; Dr. J. W. Page. 



Ccelogorgia palmosa M. Edw. 1857. 



Syx. Lobularia palmosa Val. MS. — Zanzibar; C. Cooke. 



Tubipora purpurea Pallas. — Singapore; Capt. W. II. A. Putnam. 



Tubipora musica Linn. — East Indies; Capt. W. II. A. Putnam. 



ZOANTHARIA. 

 Madrepora cervicornis Lamarck. — Florida and West Indies ; L. Agassiz. 

 Madrepora robusta Dana. — Fcejee Islands ; J. D. Dana. 

 Madrepora gravida Dana. — Singapore ; Capt. W. II. A. Putnam. 



Madrepora uobilis Dana. 



Syx. Madrepora secunda Dana. — Singapore : Capt. W. II. A. Putnam. 

 A careful comparison of the types of Dana with the extensive series of 

 specimens in the Museum shows conclusively that Madrepora nobilis and 

 M. secunda are but variable forms of one species. 

 Madrepora arbuscula Dana. — Singapore ; Capt. W. II. A. Putnam. 

 Madrepora prolifera Lamarck. — Florida and West Indies; L. Agassiz. 



Madrepora acuminata "Verriix. 



A large species allied to ^f. nobilis, but having much longer, regularly 

 tapering, often curved branches, which are an inch in diameter, evenly 

 rounded and thickly covered by spreading, nearly uniform, cylindrical, 

 dimidiate corallites.* Surface of corallum between the cells and exterior 

 of the corallites covered with minute spines, the latter subcostate. Septa 



* We use the word corallite as the English equivalent of po1ypi€rite employed by 

 Milne-Edwards, as his ]>o r ;j/iicr corresponds to corallum of Dana. 



