Veficulated Corallines. i^ 



N'^. 14. Corallina ajiaci cor?tictdorum cemula. R. S. N^. 10. Plate ix. 

 pag. 34. And '^' ''■ 



Corallina ramofa cirris obfita. R. S. N°. 11. pag. "^c^. 

 Lobfter's horn Coralline, or Sea-beard. 



Thefe two Coralline-, as mentioned by Mr. Ray^ I find 

 to be but one Species ; It is probable, their having dijfferent 

 Appearances, in different States, might be the Occahon of 

 their being thought two diftinft Species. 



As to the fird, this outwardly appears to be regularly 

 jointed from End to End, like a Lobfter's Horn, or rather 

 the Vertebrce of Fillies ; each Articulation is furrounded by 

 fhort capillary Branches ; which, when magnified, have the 

 Appearance of Sickles, and bend in towards the main Stem. 

 Along the Infide of thefe, are regularly placed minute 

 Sockets which fupport fmall open Denticles of a Cup-lhape ; 

 which are of fo tender a Nature, that they are fcarce vifible, 

 but in recent Specimens : Between the minute hair-like 

 Branches, we have obferved, on fome Specimens, fmall egg- 

 fhaped Veficles, fixed on Foot-ftalks, with their Openings or 

 Mouths, on the Side of the Top of each, looking towards the 

 middle Stem ; and, in moft of them, fome of the fame kind 

 of yellow Subftance that we meet with in other Veficles. 

 The whole Stem, Branches, and Foot-ftalks, to the Veficles 

 appear hollow, in fuch Specimens as we find caft on Shore; 

 fo that it appears as if the Water could pafs freely through 

 them all without Interruption. 



The Roots of both Species confift, like the former, of a 

 fpongy Mafs of minute Tubulin irregularly interwoven toge- 

 ther j but, upon feparating this Mafs from the lower Part of 

 the Stem, we found them regularly entering into it, in 

 Whirls round the Joints, in the fame Form that the Branches 

 come out of the Joints of the Stem. 



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