76 Natural Hiftory 



CHAP. VII. 



Of the Englifh Corals. 



THE Definition, that Ray gives us in his Sympjis^ of 

 Coral, is this, that it is a kind of Plant alnioff ftony, 

 branched like a Shrub without Leaves, and with no vifible 

 Pores. 



Plate XXVII. N°. I. Cor allium pumilutn albu7n^ fere lapideum^ ramofum. 

 ^' ' Coralliufn album pumilum nojiras. R. S. p. ^2. 

 Ifis. Linaei Genera. 974. 



This confifts of fliort irregular Ramifications of a chalky 

 Appearance, and flony Subftance (See Fig. c, N°. i). But, 

 when highly magnified, appears full of fmall Pores, not un- 

 like thofe in Fig. 5, Plate XXIV. 



Great Quantities of this Kind are dredged up near Fal- 

 tnouth-, and ufed by the Inhabitants, with Succefs, to manure 

 their Land. See the Obfervations on this Coral in Ray\ Sy- 

 nopJtSj under this Article. 



I lately received fome Specimens of a faint purple, or livid 

 red Colour, that had been dragged up in the Nets of the 

 Herring-Fifliers, near the IJIeof Man; as alfo from Ireland, 

 fome Specimens of this Genus, refembling a Bunch of very 

 fmall Grapes of a whitifh Colour. 



piateXXVii.No, 2. CoralUum cretacctifn Uchemides, 

 i-'is- </• ^- Corallium tnaritimmn calcariis rupibus adnafcens. Mor. 

 H. Ox. IIL p. 651. 



Chalky Coral, fhaped like Liverwort. 



This chalky Incruftation is found in g^cat plenty on the 

 :j, Coaft 



