48. GOKGONELLA. 27 



groove. Polype- cells in a rather irregular series on each edge of the 

 branchlets, rather prominent, roundish, white, with eight or ten 

 radiating grooves from the apex; in two or three irregular interrupted 

 series on each side of the main stem, 



Gorgonella, Valenc. A^-ch. du Mus. i., Ann. i^ Maq. Nat. Hist. 1855, 

 p. 182 ; Milne-Edio. S,- Haime, Cor all. i. p. 183 ; Graxj, P. Z. S. 1857, 

 p. 284; KoUiker, Ic. Hist. pp. 139, 140. 



Umbracella, Graii, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 289 ; 1859, p. 481. 



Gorgonella, sp., Vcrrill. 



Rliipidigorgia, sp., Milne-Edto. i§- Haime, Corall. i. p. 173. 



110. Gorgonella umbracula. 



Coral very much branched, fan-shaped, oblong, as broad as high, 

 rather netted ; branches rounded. Polype-cells prominent, wart-like. 



Frutex lignosus &c., Seha, TJtes. iii. 1. 107. f. 6. 



Gorgonia umbraculum, Sukmder iy Ellis, p. 80, 1. 10. f. 17, 86 ; Lamk. 



Mem. 3Ihs. ii. p. 80, Hist. A. s. V. ed. 2. ii. p. 489 ; Dana, Exp. 



p. 658. n. 28. 

 Ehipidigorgia umbraculum, Valenc. I. c. ; Milne-Edw. Corall. i. p. 178. 

 UnibraceUa umbraculum, Graij, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 288 ; 1859, p. 482. 

 Gorgonella umbracula, Verrill, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. p. 37. 



Hah. Korth America. 



Like Rhipidujorgia laqueus, but polypes more slender, placed 

 laterally. 



111. Gorgonella striata. 



Coral very like G. umhracula, but with the secondary branches 

 straight, larger, and closer ; polype-cells prominent, wart-hke. 



Gorgonia striata, Lamk. Mem. n. 6. 



Rbipidigorgia stricta, Milne-Edto. df Haime, Corall. p. 179. 



Gorgonella stricta, Verrill, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. p. 37. 



Hah. Cape of Good Hope. 



" This species has all the external characters of the species quoted, 

 but it has a calcareous axis." — Verrill. 



112. Gorgonella granulata. 



Coral yellowish, ^•cry much branched, Habellatc, slender, somewhat 

 reticulated ; branches rigid, very brittle ; bark yellomsh, with blunt 

 warts ; axis brown, horny. 



Gorgonia reticulum, Esper, t. 44 (without bark). 



Gorgouia granulata, Dana, Exp. p. 660? 



PEunicea granulata, Ehrcnh. Cur. r. M. p. 660. 



Rbipidigorgia granulata, Milne-Edtv. df Haime, Corall. i. p. 180. 



Umbracella granulata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 289 ; 1859, p. 482. 



Gorgouella grauulata, Kolli'ker, Ic. Hist. p. 140, t, 19. f. 12, t. 18. f. 43. 



Hah. ? 



