Celliferous Corallines. J^ 



c H A p. IV. 

 Of Celliferous Corallines. 



BY Celliferous Corallines, I mean thofe fmall plant-like 

 marine Bodies, which adhere to Shells, Fums\^ &c. 

 of a brittle, cruftaceous, and tranfparent Subftance ; and 

 which appear, when magnified, to be fine thin Cells, the 

 Habitations of fmall Animals conneded together, and dif- 

 pofed in Variety of elegant Forms like Branches. All this 

 kind effervefce with Acids. 



N**. I. CoralUna cellifera. ereSia, ramoftfftfna^ temrrhna^ ^piate xvni. 



J r Txg.a.A. 



pumoja. 



CoralUna pumila ercEia ramojior. R, S. p. 37. N'. 20. 

 Soft-feathered Coralline. 



The Appearance of this Coralline in its firft or beginning 

 State, is fo unlike itfelf in the latter or more perfe6l State, 

 that one would be apt, at firft View, to take it for a different 

 Species. 



The lower Part of N. i. Plate XVIII. at Fig. a, where 

 it appears bare, without the feathered Branches, the Cells 

 not being opened, is this firft State. In this Condition we 

 find it, in the Hortus Siccus of Mr. Buddie^ in the Colledion 

 of the late Sir Hans Sloane^ by the Name of, Fiicus mi?iimus, 

 hirfutus jibrillis herbaceis fimilis. D. Doody. R. S. 330. 



But when it is in its perfed State, thefe tubulous Stalks 

 rife. into beautiful plant-like Figures, with feathered Branches, 



F which 



