8 Natural Hiftory of 



Plate in. jsjo^ ^^ CoralUna mufcofa dentkulata procumbens^ cauh tmuif- 

 jimo chnticellis ex adve7'fo fitis. R. S. p. 36. N". 13. 

 Sea-Hair. 



This very neat and moft regularly formed Coralline con- 

 fifts of long trailing Branches, with very fharp Teeth, placed 

 in Pairs exadly oppofite : Each Pair feems to be jointed into 

 the next. The {lender Branches grow in Tufts, like Bunches 

 of Hair. See Plate III. N. 6. Fig. h. This gives yon the na- 

 tural Appearance of it. The Veiicks of thefe are remarka- 

 bly large and tranfparent, with regular Covers ; the whole 

 not unlike to China Jars. 



Fig. B. Plate III. gives us the Reprefentation of a Branch 

 with its Veficle magnified. 



The Cover to the Veficle of this Species, in Form has fome 

 Refemblance to the Opeixulum of thofe kinds of Land-Mofles, 

 which are called Hyp?mm and Bryum. 



Fig. a. A. 



Plate IV. N°. 7. Coralltna pumila penjiata^ dentkuUs teneris, albis^ et 

 oppiftis ; veftcidis^jiorem lilii, vel malt punic^Sy fe expanden- 

 tem referentibus. 



Lily or Pomegranate flowering Coralline, 



This curious Coralline is often found on the Cyprefs Co- 

 ralline before defcribed, which it embraces with its tubulin and 

 from thence throws out Branches, furniflied with flender op- 

 polite Denticles, of a cylindrical Form, which, as they dry, 

 link in at the upper Part. 



At N. 7. in Plate IV. Fig. ^, there are fome fmall Specimens 

 reprefented of their natural Size growing upon another Coral- 

 line. 



The Veflcles, when magnified^ are fhaped like a Lily or 

 Pomegranate- flower juft opening j and appear more like a 



Bloflom. 



