Veficulated Corallines. 27 



are placed in the Opening at the Top of each. See the Ve- 

 ficle above, Fig. ^. 



N^. 24. CoralUna exigua-, caulc genkulaio^ fcandens^ vejicn- p,^jg ^v, 

 lis ex Ufioquoque genkulo ftc dijpojjtis, ut Jyringani Panis re~ ^"'S- '''•'^' 

 ferent, 



Fucoides heridigerum caplllamentis ctifcutoi injhr im- 

 plexis. R. S. pag, 30. N'. 3. 

 Nit CoralUne. 



This extremely fmall climbing Coralline arifes from very 

 minute Tubes, by which it adheres to Fucus'sy and other ma- 

 rine Bodies ; and is fo difpoled from its jointed Shape, that 

 it climbs up and runs over other Corallines and Fkcus's^ as 

 Dodder does over other Plants. 



Fig. h^ N°. 24. is the natural Size and Appearance of this 

 Coralline. 



The Veficles, which have the Appearance of Rows of Den- 

 ticles, are placed in fuch a regular Order on the End of each 

 Joint, that when they are magnified, they rcprefent the an- 

 tique Figure oi Pans Pipe. 



Fig. By is the exad: Drawing taken from the Microfcope. 



I have called it the Nit Corahine from Mr. Ray\ calling it 

 the Nit-bearing Fucoides, The fmall Veficles clofcly joined 

 together, in little fpeck-like Figures among the irregular ca- 

 pillary Branches, gives us fome Idea of that Form. See the 

 natural Size, Fig. b. 



N">. 25. CoralUna mifiima t^epens^ vcficulis ovatis^ uvarum in- p^texv. 

 Jla7\ ramidis adljerentibus. f's- <:• c- 



Grape Coralhhe. 



This exceeding fmall Coralline creeps on the broad-leafed 



E 2 Horn- 



