4 BRITISH SPONGES. 
a. TupPHA, sp. Gray. 
1. HaLicHonpRIA palmata. 
Spongia palmata, Sibb. Scot. u. lib. iv. 55; Ellis and Soland. 
Zooph. 189. pl. 58. fig. 6; Turt. Gmel. iv. 659; Turt. Brit. 
Faun. 209; Jameson in Wern. Mem. i. 562; Montagu in ibid. 
ii. 80; Bosc. Vers, i. 172; Stew. Elem.i.434; Lam. Anim. 
s. Vert. 11. 379, and 11. 569, 2nd edit.; Lamour. Cor. Flex. 75, 
Corall.181; Parkins. Oryctology, 46; Stark, Elem. i. 424 
(not Templeton, Mag. N.H.). 
Tupha palmata, Gray, Brit. Pl. 1. 355. 
Halichondria palmata, Flem. Brit. Anim.; Johnst. in Trans. 
Newce. Soc. uu. 269; Bellamy’s South Devon, 268; Johnst. 
Brit. Spon. p. 93. tab. 2, p. 148. figs. 15 and 24. 
Halispongia palmata, Blainv. Actinol. 533. pl. 93. fig. 4. 
Spongia bacillaris, Linn. Syst. 1299; Mull. Zool. Dan. Prod. 
256; Turt. Gmel. iv.659 ; Lamour. Cor. Flex. 83, Corall. 186 ; 
Bosc. Vers, iti. 171; Parkins. Oryet. 48. 
Spongia oculata, Esper, Spong. tab. 1. figs. 1, 2. 
Manon oculatum, Schweig. Handb. 422. 
Mermaid’s gloves, Shetlanders. 
a. On coast of Berwick. Presented by G. Johnston, M.D. 
b. Spicula of a,in Canada balsam. Prepared by J.S. Bow- 
erbank, Esq. 
2. HALICHONDRIA oculata. 
Spongia ramosa, Raii Hist. i. 81, and Synon. 29. no. 1. 
Spongia sou apicibus acutis furcis, Petiv. Pterigraph. Amer. 
tab. 19. fig. 3. 
Branched English Sponge, Ellis, Corall. 80. no. 1. pl. 32. fig. f, 
F; Phil. Trans. abridg. xu. 261. pl. 7. B. 
Spongia oculata, Pall. Elench. 390; Linn. Syst. 1298; Ellis 
and Soland. Zooph. 184; Berk. Syn. i. 213; Turt. Gmel. iv. 
658; Turt. Brit. Faun. 208; Stew. Elem. 1. 434; Montagu 
in Wern. Mem. ii. 78. pl. 6. fig.2; Lam. Anim. s. Vert. ii. 
378, 2nd edit. 1. 569; Bose. Vers, ii. 170; Hogg’s Stock. 39 ; 
Lamour. Cor. Flex. 74, Corall. 121; Parkins. Oryct. 46. 
Halichondria oculata, Johnst. Brit. Sponges, 94. t. 3, p. 245. 
Tupha oculata, Gray, Brit. Pl. i. 354. 
Sp. dichotoma, Gmelin, Syst. 1299 ; Mill. Zool. Dan. Prod. 256 ; 
Ellis and Soland. Zooph. 187; Berk. Syn. i. 213; Turt. Gmel. 
iv. 659; Montagu in Wern. Mem. ii. 82. pl. 6. fig. 1 ; Lamour, 
Cor. Flex. 67, Corall. 177; Parkins. Oryct. 45; Lam. Arim. 
s. Vert. 11. 375, 2nd edit. ii. 566; Bose. Vers, ii. 171. 
Spongia polychotoma, Esper, Spong. tab. 36. 
Tupha dichotoma, Gray, Brit. Pl. i. 355. 
