THE ALCYONARIA OF THE MALDIVES. 



PART II. 



THE GENERA SARCOPHYTUM, LOBOPHYTUM, SCLEROPHYTUM, 



AND ALCYONIUM. 



By Edith M. Pratt, M.Sc. Vict., Late Honorary Research Felloiv of the 

 Oivens College, Manchester. 



(With Plates XXVIII— XXXI.) 



CONTENTS. 



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I. Introduction, with Observations on the Genera ....... 504 



II. Genus Sarcophytum ............. 505 



(1) S. ehrenhergi. (2) S. glaucum. (3) S. latum. (4) S. boettgeri. (5) .S'. roseum n. sp. 



(6) S. tenuis n. sp. 



III. Genus Lobophytum 514 



(7) L. paucijhrum. 



IV. Genus Sclerophytum n. gen. 516 



(8) Sc. capitate n. sp. (9) Sc. densum. (10) Sc. hirlum n. sp. (11) Sc. poly- 

 dactyhim. (12) Sc. palmatum n. sp. (13) Sc. gardineri n. sp. (14) Sc. durum 

 n. sp. (15) Sc. querciforme n. sp. 



V. The Relations of the above Genera 532 



VI. Genus Alcyonium 534 



(16) A. pachyclados. 



VII. Literature ............... 535 



