354 '^'HE GREAT BARRIER REEF. 



CHROMO PLATE IX. 

 GREAT BARRIER REEF CORALS. 



F^igs. I and 2. — Madrepora prostrata, p. 182. Fragments of diversely-coloured coralla, natural size ; 



2A, isolated polyp, enlarged. 

 Fig. 3. — Madrepora Kenti, n.sp., Brook, p. 182. Branchlet, life size and colour. 

 Pig. 4. — Madrepora oruata, n.sp., Brook, pp. 1 17 and 181. Branchlet, life size and colour. 

 Fig. 5. — Madrepora dccipiens, n.sp.. Brook, p. 181. Branchlet, life size and colour; 5A, isolated 



polyp, enlarged. 

 Pig. 6. — Madrepora laxa, pp. in and 181. Portion of branch, life size and colour. 

 Fig. 7. — Madrepora sectmda, p. 26. Terminal branchlet, life size and colour. 

 Fig. 8. — Madrepora grandis, n.sp., Brook, p. 181. Terminal branchlet, life size and colour. 

 Figs. 9 and 10. — Madrepora gemmifera, n.sp.. Brook, p. 183. Branchlets of two diversely-coloured 



coralla, natural size. 

 Fig. II. — Madrepora Elseyi, n.sp.. Brook, p. 181. Branchlet, life size and colour; iia, terminal 



corallites and polyp, enlarged. 

 Fig. 12. — Madrepora pulchra, n.sp.. Brook, p. 181. Branchlet, life size and colour; I2a, terminal 



corallite with expanded polyp, enlarged. 

 Figs. 13, 14, and 15. — Madrepora hebes, pp. 21 and 180. Three diversely-coloured coralla. In 



Fig. 13 the ground colour has been purposely omitted, to show the expanded polyps ; 



natural size; 13A, isolated polyp of green variety, considerably enlarged. 

 Pig 1 5 — Madrepora scabrosa, p. 181. Branchlet, life size and colour; i6a, terminal polyp, 



enlarged. 

 Pig. 17 — Madrepora divaricata, p. i8t. Coalescing branchlets, life size and colour. 



