DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES. 
IDI AMUID, 10 
Figs. 1, 2. Eudendrium eximium. 
Fig. 1. Natural size. 
Fig. 2. Portion of a colony with female gonophores, magnified. 
Figs. 5,4. Budendrium exiguum. 
Fig. 3. Natural size. 
Fig. 4. Portion, magnified. 
PLATE II. 
Figs. 1-2". Eudendrium fruticosum. 
Fig. 1. Natural size. A cluster of capsular bodies; probably a molluscan or annelidan nidus has become 
attached to the stem and branches. 
Fig. 2. A portion with hydranths and male gonophores, magnified. 
Fig. 2%. A ramulus with hydranth and female gonophores, magnified. 
Figs. 38,4. Budendrium attenuatum. 
Fig. 3. Natural size. 
Fig. 4. A portion, magnified. 
DIGI NIB) I 
Figs. 1-4. Budendrium laxum. 
Fig. 1. Natural size. 
Fig. 2. A portion with hydranths and male gonophores, magnified. 
Fig. 3. A portion of the hydrorhiza magnified, showing the clear spherical bodies in the ccenosarc. 
Fig. 4. A portion of the stem with similar bodies, still further magnified. 
PLATE IV. 
Figs. 1,2. Eudendrium gracile. 
Fig. 1. Natural size. 
Fig. 2. A portion with hydranths, magnified. 
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Figs, 3,4. Budendrium tenellum. 
Fig. 3. Natural size. 
A portion, magnified. 
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Figs. 1,2. Budendrium cochleatum. 
Fig. 1. Natural size. The tubes of a little tubicolous crustacean are seen attached to some of the 
branches. 
Fig. 2. A portion with hydranths, magnified. 
Figs. 3,4. Bimeria humilis. 
Fig. 3. A colony growing over the surface of a seaweed, natural size. 
Fig. 4. A portion magnified, with hydranths and male (?) gonophores. 
