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A number of other forms have been ascribed to this genus, but they are so inadequately 

 discribed as to make it impracticable to locate them properly. 



I. Jitncella juncea (Pallas). (Plate III, figs, i — 4). 



Gorgonia juncea Pallas. Elenchus Zoophytorum, 1766, p. 180. 



Gorgonia juncea Lamarck. Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., 1816, p. 325. 



Gorgonia juncea Ellis and Solander. Natural History of Zoophytes, 1786, p. 81. 



Gorgonia juncea Pallas. Characteristic der Thierpflanzen, 1787, p. 226. 



Gorgonia juncea Lamouroux. Hist. Polypes coral, flexibles, 1816, p. 419. 



Gorgonia juncea Lamarck. Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., 1836, p. 499. 



Gorgonia juncea Valenciennes. Comptes rendus, XLI, 1S55, p. 14. 



Juncella juncea Milne Edwards et Haime. Histoire Naturelle des Coralliaires, I, 1857, p. 186. 



Helicella juncea Gray. Proceedings Zool. Society London, 1857, P- 48i- 



Juncella juncea Verrill. Bulletin Museum Comparative Zoology, 1864, p. ^y. 



Juncella juncea Kölliker. Icones Histiologicje, II, 1865, p. 140. 



Juncella juncea Gray. Catalogue Lithophytes Brit. Museum, 1870, p. 25. 



Juncella juncea Studer. Monatsbericht der Königl. Akad. der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 



1883, p. 253. 

 Juncella juncea Ridley. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series V, Vol. XI, 1883, p. 253. 

 Juncella juncea Wright and Studer. Challenger Reports, Alcyonaria, 1889, p. 158. 

 Juncella getnmacea Wright and Studer. Challenger Reports, Alcyonaria, 1889, p. 158. 

 Juncella juncea Studer. Alcyonarien aus der Sammlung des Naturhist. Museums in Lübeck, 



1 894, p. 116. 

 Juncella juncea Hickson. Alcj'onaria of the Maldives, 1905, p. 820. 



Juncella juncea Thomson and Henderson. Ceylon Pearl Oyster Report, Alcyonaria, 1905, p. 314. 

 Juncella juncea Thomson and Crane. Alcyonarians from Okhamandal and Kittiawar, 1909, p. 133. 



It is altogether likely that several described forms, where the description was based on 

 young colonies (as was probably the case with several included in the above synonymy), should 

 be included here. 



Stat. 50. Bay of Badjo, West coast of Flores. Up to 40 meters. 



Stat. 60. Haingsisi, Samau Island near Timor. 23 meters. 



Stat. 66. Bank between Islands of Bahuluwang and Tambolungan, south of Saleyer. 8 to 



10 meters. 

 Stat. 162. Between Loslos and Broken Islands, West coast of Salawatti. 18 meters. 

 Stat. 164. i°42'.S S., I30°47'.5 E. Near New Guinea. 32 meters. 

 Stat. 240. Banda Anchorage. 9 to 45 meters. 



Stat. 250. Anchorage off Kilsuin, West coast of Kur Island. 20—45 meters. 

 Stat. 258. Tual Anchorage, Kei Islands. 22 meters. 



Stat. 273. Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, East coast of Aru Islands. 13 meters. 

 Stat. 282. 8°25'.2S., i27°i8'.4E. 27—54 meters. 

 Stat. 310. S°3o'S., ii9°7'.sE. Flores Sea. j^ meters. 

 Stat. 315. Anchorage East of Sailus Besar, Paternoster Islands. Up to ^6 meters. 



Colony unbranched, 64 cm. long. A.xis calcareous, rigid proximally and flexible distally, 

 with a round cross section. There is a median dorsal and ventral line which is free from 

 calyces, narrow but evident. The diameter of the colony is 6.6 mm., and of the axis 3 mm. 

 The calyces are thickly and evenly emplanted on all sides of the colony, except on the narrow 

 median lines. Their arrangement is hard to make out, but they tend toward oblique rows of 



