49. VTMENELT.A. 29 



broad, with a sunken line. Polype-cells cylindrical, prominent, in 



three or four series on each edge of the stem. Axis grey, calcareous. 



Junceella, sp., Valenc. ; Mllne-Edtv. Sf Haime, Corall. i. p. 186. 



117. Viminella jimcea. B.M. 



Coral very long, flagelliform. 



Gorgonia juncea, Ellis 8f Solander, Zooph. p. 81. 



Juncella vimen, Milne-Edw. Sf Haime, Corall. i. p. 18G. 

 Hah. Isle of Bourbon. 



118. Viminella flagellum. B.M. 



Coral tall and simple, "s^dth the veiy prominent warts curved 

 inwards and arranged crowdedly in a band on each side of the axis, 

 leaving a wide naked space on each side ; colour white ; axis greyish 

 white, stony, and rigid. 



.Tuncella extans, Verrill, Bull. Mas. Comp. Zool. p. 37. 

 Juncella flagellum, Johnson, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 505, Ann. ^- May. Nat. 

 Hid. 1864, p. 142. 

 Hah. Azores {MacAndrew ; B.M.) ; Fayal ( Verrill) ; Madeira 

 {B.M.). 



119. Viminella hystrix. 



" Coral simple, slender ; cells very prominent, tubular." 

 Junceella hystrix, Valenc. Comptes Rendus, xli. p. 14 ; Milne-Edw. 

 Corall. i. p. 186. 



Hah. Bahia. 



120. Viminella Isevis. 



Coral taU, simple, subcylindrical, rather slender, diminished in size, 

 both at the summit and near the base, where the polypes become 

 obsolete. Cells appresscd, scarcely prominent, arranged in two broad 

 bands, leaving a narrow median naked space on each side, along 

 ivhich there is a lueU-marlced groove ; they are placed alternately, at 

 a distance of about i inch, in about six vertical rows on each side, 

 producing a quincunx arrangement. Axis slender, cylindrical, cal- 

 careous, white, surrounded by about sixteen longitudinal lobes, two 

 of which are larger and correspond with the lateral grooves, the 

 others with the rows of polypes. Length of single imperfect specimen 

 20 inches ; diameter | inch. Colour yellowish brown, in alcohol. 

 Juncella Ifevis, Verrill, Proc. Essex Inst. 1865, p. 189. 



Hah. Hong-Kong. 



121. Viminella (?) santa crucis. 



Coral simple, rigid ; axis cylindrical, yellowish, slender ; bark cre- 

 taceous, white ; cells irregularly disposed in a double row on each 

 edge of the stem, unequal, some twice as large as others, smooth, 

 terminal, small, and radiated ; lateral area flat and naked, with a 

 central groove. 



Juncella santa crucis, Duchass. ^- Michel. Corall. Antilles, Suppl. p. 113, 

 t. 2. f. 1. 

 Hah. Island of St. Croix. 



