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that require no more than a certain tho' fmall power to lay, a peculiar mechanifm 

 to difpofe, and a proper flime or gluten (with which we know all marine infects to 

 abound) to fix and bind them. 



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DIVISION 



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Of Zoophytes that live in hard or elajlic tubular receptacles of various forms. 



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ARTICLE 



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Of fuch as live in flender, flexile, articulated^ and, jor the mojl part, branched 

 tubes , having all the appearance of fmalkr plants, whofe flowers and foliage 

 are reprefented by the expanded limbs of the inhabitants, which generally appear 

 at the end of every compartment of the common fabric k. 





ERTULARIA i. Major ramofa. 



r The larger branched Sertularia. 



This tubular ftructure has all the appearance of a fubmarine plant, and is found in 

 great abundance in the fea about five-iflands, weftward of Antigua. It grows 

 in beds, and rifes frequently to the height of eight or nine inches. All the 

 branches are moderately thick, and continue nearly of the fame diameter to the top. 

 The whole fubftance is flexile and yielding while frefh, and has a fharp biting 

 tafte. 









SERTULARIA 2. Minor ramofa, ramulis gradatim minoribus, u It 1 mis fere 



capillaceis. 



The fmall fhrubby branched Sertularia. 



Great quantities of thefe branched fubftances are thrown upon the fhores of Ja- 

 maica after every ftorm and itrong fea-breeze ; but they do not feem to differ much 



from that commonly found on the (hell of the European oyfler, and feldom 



rife 



above 



three inches in height 



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DIVISION 



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Of Zoophytes that live in ftiff ftoney receptacles, of a porous or cavernous 



texture and flruclure. 



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ARTICLE 



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Of fuch as ft 



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'ptacles in fmall thin flakes 



number of very fmall cells, placed contig 

 honey-comb. 



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to each oil: 





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ILLEPORA 1. Cellulis obliquis, vahulis mi no ri bus femiclaufls 



The fmall comprefled Milkp* 



oblique cells 



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I found this cellular fubft: 



the furface of a large decayed brain-fton 



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<*rew in fmall fpots, and formed a very beautiful net- work upon the rugged fu 



of the fabric 



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