.;24 Thomson, South Ajncan i'lorgonacea. 



Locality, etc. — Pieter Faure, No. 12,165. Durnford Pt., 



N.W. by N. II miles. Depth, 45 fathoms. By dredge. 



Nature of bottom, shells and stones. Date, February 28th, 

 igoi. 



Family, Plexauridae. 

 Eunicella papulosa, Esper. 



This IS an mcomplete specimen which I did not at first 

 recognise as Eunicella p'jpillosa, which has been previously re- 

 corded from South African waters. 



The spicules of the calyces are (i) characteristic torch-like 

 spicules, (2) double spindles, and (3) a very few long simple 

 spindles. The torch-like spicules and the double spindles seem 

 to be about equally abundant. The double spindles are usually 

 larger than the torch-like spicules. The spicules of the coenen- 

 chyme are all or nearly all torch-like spicules. A few double 

 spindles are seen in my slides, but they are comparatively few 

 in number. The dimensions of the spicules are as follows: — 

 From the calyces: (i) The torch-like spicules, from 0.0782 x 

 0.034 to 0.0952 X 0.0442 mm.; (2) Double spindles, from o.iiQO 

 X 0.0476 tO' 0.1598 X 0.0646 mm. From the cocnenchyme : (i) 

 Torch-like spicules, from 0.0816 x 0.034 to 0.0918 x 0.0374mm.; 

 (2) Double spindles, from 0.0782 x 0.0442 to 0.1020 x 

 0.0408 mm. 



Locality, etc. — Pieter F^aure, No. 907. Off East London. 

 Depth, 85 fathoms. By dredge. Date, June 28th, 1899. Pieter 

 F^aure, No. 457. Buffels Bay, False Bay. Collected l^y means 

 of tangles. Date, October 13th, 1898. 



Euplexaiira parczclados, Wright and Studer. 



This description is based on one specimen. It is slender 

 throughout, has few branches, and is 10 cm. in height. A short 

 slender stem, originating from a small encrusting base, divides 

 into two secondary branches, from one of the latter four ter- 

 tiary branches are given off, namely, firstly a short branch 

 passing towards the outer side, then two branches arising 

 almost opposite one another, and lastly a fourth branch towards 

 the inside. The one secondary branch, after giving off these 

 tertiary branches as described above, is continued on for a short 

 distance in an upward direction, the other secondary shoot is 

 apparently incomplete, owing to its being covered by epiphytic 

 barnacles. The branches are mainly in one plane, and have a 

 fairly uniform diameter throughout, though they sometimes 

 expand slightly at their apices, and some have a medianly 

 situated pointed part at the extremity. 



The height of the central stem from the encrusting base 

 to the origin of the first branch is 1.6 cm., the diameter of the 

 same 2 mm. The tertiary branches (excepting those which are 

 opposite one another) are separatee! by an interval of from 



