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10. Antipathes ulex. b. m. 

 Antipathes ulex, Solaiid. Zooph. 100. t. 19. f. 7, 8; Lamx. Exp. 



t. 19. f. 7, «. 



Antipathes mimosella, Lamk. no. 8. 



Coral shrub-like, branches rather faii-like ; branchlets slender, 

 rather tlistaiit, in two rows, diverging from the side of the upper sur- 

 face of the branches. 



Batą via (JEI lis) ; Philippines [Cuminy). 



11. Antipathes MYRioPHYLLUM. B. M. 



Antijiuthes mynojihyllum, Soland. Zooph. 102. t. 19. f. H, 12 ; 

 Lamx. Exp. t. 19. f. 11, 12 ; Esper, t. 10 ; Blaiuv. Man. t. 87. f. 2. 



A. pinnatifida, Lamx. Pol. Flex. 277. t. 14. f. 4?. Coral. t. 14. 

 f. 4?. 



Coral shrub-like, branched, branches rather fan-like in one plane ; 

 branchlets short, crowded, subpinnate, in two rows, diverging from 

 the sides of the upper surface of the branches, which are smooth and 

 subangular beįieath. 



Batavia {Ellis) ; Philippines {Cu7ning). 



Antijiuthes covipressa, Esper, t. xiii., greatly resembles the base 

 of the stems of this species. 



12. Antipathes larix. B. M. 

 Antipathes larix, Esper, ii. 147. t. 4. 



Coral cj lindrical, simple, erect ; stem snbtriangular belovv, cyHn- 

 drical above ; branches numerous, crowded on all sides of the stem, 

 simple, hair-Iike, elongate. 



Mediterrauean (Lamk.). 



In collections the branches are often broken off by pressure, and 

 it then appears as if there were only two rows, one on each side of 

 the stem, as figured by Esper : but the base of the branches is ge- 

 nerally to be observed. 



13. Antipathes abies. B. M. 



Gorgonia abies, Linn. S. N. 1290. 

 Antipathes citpressus, Soland. Z. 103. 

 Antipathes cupressina, Palias, Z. 213 ; Esper, t. 3, bad. 

 Cyjiressus marinus, Rumph. Amb. vi. t. 80. f. 2 ; Seba, iii. t. 106. 

 f. 1. 



Coral cylindrical, oblong or subfusiform ; stem simple, rarely 

 with one or two branches ; branchlets spreading on all sides, repeat- 

 edly divided and arched downwards. 



Philippines (Cuming). 



14. Antipathes spinescens. B. M. 



Coral branched, branches divaricating, subeylindrical ; branchlets 

 on all sides of the stem crowded, short, of nearly equal length. 



