40 Natural Hiftory of 



lately difcovered dead Animals in the Velicles : But on ac- 

 count of their brittle ftony Nature, their having black Specks 

 in their Cells, and their Branches being united by fmall tu- 

 bular Hinges, they are introduced here. 



Fig. a., N°. 6. is the exadl Reprefentation of this Coralline, 

 growing to a Piece of a Fucus. 



Fig. A^ gives the magnified Appearance of a Branch of it, 

 as it rifcs from the Fucus, 



Plate XXI. N". 7. CoralUna cellifei'a mollis ramofijftma^ genicuUs ad lo- 



f j-r. b. B. 



ricd& fornia?n accedentibus. 



Mufcus coralloides fnollis, elatior^^ra?nofjJfimus, App. 



R-S.330. 

 Co7'alli7ia geniculata mollis^ internodiis rotundis breviori- 



bus nojlras. Pluck. Mant. 56. 

 Coat of Mail Coralline. 



This Coralline, which grows into larger Tufts and Bunches 

 than the reft, confifts of many long, fliining, foft, and flip- 

 pery Branches : Thefe are compofed of Joints of Cells, placed 

 in Pairs Back to Back. The Opening of each is on a Slant 

 near the Top, and looks the contrary Way to the other : So 

 that the Pair together refembles a Coat of Mail, or Pair of 

 Stays ; and the Entrances of the Cells look like the Places 

 for the Arms to come out at. The Joints, or Pairs of Cells, 

 arife infenfibly from Tubulin by which the Coralline adheres 

 to its Bafe ; and at certain Seafons of the Year, we may ob- 

 ferve fmall black Spots in the Cells, like fome of the reft of 

 this Clafs. 



This Coralline is found in plenty along the Sea-coaft of the 

 Illand of Sheppey ; and is frequently found creeping upon, 

 and invefting the ftlk Coralline before defcribed. 



Fig. 



