Tubular Corallines. ^i 



"N°. 2. Corallina tubularia calamos ave?iaceos referens. Plate xvi. 



Adiaiiti aurei minimi facie plant a mariria. R. S. p. 31. ^'S''^- 

 Tubalar Coralline like oaten Pipes. 



This is the largeft of this Tribe of Efigli/h tubuloiis Coral- 

 lines ; and is the fame that the celebrated D. Bernard Juf- 

 Jieu found on the Coaft of Nor^nandy^ and uefcribed with 

 its Polype^. It arifes from fmall w^orm-like Figures ; many of 

 which grow interwoven together, and look like the Guts ot 

 fmall Animals : From this State they rife into diftind: Tubes 

 of 5 and 6 Inches long, full oi a thick reddifh Liquor : On 

 the Top of thefe the Polypes appear with plumed Crefts. 

 Thefe Tubes in the dried Specimens have the Refemblance of 

 Oaten Pipes ; that is, Part of an Oat-ftraw, with the Joints 

 cut off. 



Fig. C, is the natural Appearance of this Coralline, with 

 the Animals upon it. 



Plate 



N". 3. Corallina tubulari a gracilis &' ramoja^ axil lis ramu-^^l\^J^' 

 lorum contortis. Plate xvil 



An [uciis jijiulofus nudus fetas erinaceas ce-mulansf R. S. %-^- 



pag- 39- . 



Small ramified tubular Coralline. 



This branched tubular Coralline is found frequently on 

 Oyfters, and other marine Productions . 



While I was at Whitfiabh on the Kentijh Shore, in Au- 

 gujl 1754, I found, among other CoraHines, the Specimen 

 defcribed at Fig. ^, Plate ;M:XV!llwith its Polypes alive : 

 This I drew on the Spot from the Microfcope, with all its 

 Animals extending themfelves in their different Diredions, 

 as they lay immerled in a Glafs of Sea- water \ and are pretty 

 exadiy exhibited at Fig. A. 



This-. 



