4^ Natural Hiilory of 



Flue XXIII. N'. I. Corallina articidata clkhotoma., internodih fuhcylm- 

 Fig. a. J. (iricis^ ceilulis rhomboideh^ ofnn'mo te&isj &' tubtdis mefn- 

 hranaceis exiguis, coUigatis. 



Corallina jifiulofafragdh crajftor. J.B. 3. 811. R. 



Hid. 65. 

 Mufcus coralloldes polygonoides falicornicB folio major. 



Bar. Ic. 1275. N^ 7. 

 Corallina fiftidofa fragilis, i^itermdiis prelongis lavibus^ 

 albisj farcif7ii?ium modo cateitatis. Pluck. Phytog. 

 PI. XXVI. Fig. 2. 

 Bugle Coralline. 



There is a fmaller Species of the fame, which differs only 

 in the Diameter of the Branches ; and is known by the bo- 

 tanic Writers by the following Names, vi^. 



Corallina fjlulofa, fragilis fubtilior. J. B. 3. 811. R. 

 Hift. 66. 



Mufcus polygo?toides falicorniie folio minora feu bifidus. Bar. 

 Icon. 1275. N<^. 8. 



This beautiful flony Coralline proceeds from tranfparent 

 membranaceous Tubes, which enter into, and form, cylindri- 

 cal Joints, compofed of ftony Lozenge-fhaped Cells, with a 

 proper Entrance into each : Thefe furround the whole Sur- 

 face of the Coralline. 



Fig. a^ N^ I. {hews the natural Size of the larger Bugle 

 Coralline. ^ 



Fig. A^ is a Branch of it magnified, to fliew the Appear- 

 ance of the Tubes, Joints, and Cells. 5, is a Piece of one 

 of the Joints, that had been expofed to the Weather, higher 

 magnified, where the Form of the Entrance into the Cells may 



be 



