Veficulated Corallines. 13 



N°. 12. Corallina pennata&' filiquata, de?iticulis florem ItUum Plate vii. 

 convailium referenttbus. 



Pimiaria marina Imperati. Bocc. 257. N°. 6. 

 The Podded Coralline . 



The little radical Tubes of this Coralline creep on, and ad- 

 here to Mufcles, and other Shells : From thefe arife little 

 Branches like Feathers ; each fmaller Divifion of a Branch is 

 curved, when dried, like a Sickle ; and the Denticles, which 

 are fixed in a Row on the Infide, are fhaped, when magni- 

 fied, like the Flowers of the Lily of the Valley. 



This Coralline is alfo found furrounding the Stalks of the 

 podded Fucus, with its tubulous Roots not adhering to, but 

 inclofing it ; as it is reprefented in its natural Size, at N°. 1 2. 

 Fig. 6. 



From the Branches arife little Pods encompafled by feveral 

 ftudded Ribs : On examining thefe Pods in the Microfcope, 

 I have obferved fome loofe Particles, in fome of them, like 

 Seeds ; but, upon, difleding the thin membranaceous Coat 

 of thefe tranfparent Pods, and more minutely examining the 

 inclofed Subftance with higher Magnifiers, it appeared of the 

 fame Kind and Confiftence with the Subftance found in the 

 Veficles of other Corallines. 



Fig. B^ {hews the Pod^ and Denticles, as they appear 

 in the Microfcope. 



This Coralline is found on feveral Coafts of this Kingdom ; 

 but the Specimen with Pods was taken up by the Fifiiermen, 

 on the Coaft of Ireland near Dublin, 



Z N°. 13. 



