WORMS. ZOOPHYTA. 97. Spongia. 657 
Flabelli- ^ Fan-fhaped, orbicular, cartilaginous, with fquare reticu- 
firmis. late fibres. 
Shaw Nartur. Mifcell. tab 380. Petiw, Gax t. 32. f. 1. 
Rumpf. Amb. 6 tab. 80. f 1. 
Seba Muf. 3. 5.183. tab. 95. f. 2. 4. 
Inhabits the /zdian and Red Sea; 5: 6—8 inches high and 4 or § 
broad; refembles the latt, 
Infundibu- Funnel.form, flexile, with the furface more or lefs rough- 
Liformis. ened. 
Shaw Natur. Mifcell. tab. pis Pet. pterigr. t 0. f. 4. C. 
Gunner A6. Nidras, 4. p. 78. tab. 4. f. 5. 
Rumpf. Amb. 6, p. 254, tab. 90. f. 1, 
Muf, Richt. 8. 384 tab. 14. f. F. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean and Indian feas, adhering to rocks, 6 
inches to 1$ foot in diameter: pale brown and |! lefs cenacious 
than the common f{ponge. 
Fisulari*. Tubular, fimple, brittle and growing gradually larger. 
Sloane Jamaica, Y. p. 62. tab. 24. f. 1. 
Seba. Muf. 3. tab. 95. fF. 347... : 
Inhabits the Indian Ocean; 3—4 feet long, when dry blackifh- 
fulvous. 
Aculeata. Tubular, branched, tough, porous and fomewhat prickly. 
Sloane "Jamaica, Y. p. 03. tab. 25. fig. 4 
Plakn. Phyt. tab. 112. fig. 4. 
2. Petiv. Prerig. tab, 19. fig. 9. , 
Rumpf. dmb. 6. p.255» tab. $5. fig. 2. 
(AR E India and South America; pale grey and very tough. 
Tubulfas ‘Tubular, branched, tough, the tubes erect proceeding from 
one fide of the {tem and tapering 
Solander and Elks Carall. 5. 188. 2. 9. yh 597 f. 7. 
Seba Muf- 3. tab. 97. fig. 2. 
Inhabits the Indian Ocean; 4—6 inches high, of a deep orange- 
^ yellow colour, and hollow through the whole infide. 
*Cronata. Minute, confifting of a fingle tube and crowned at the tip 
with a ray of fpines. 
Solander and Ellis Corall. p. Y9O. n. 13. tab. 5 8. fiz. 859. 
Inhabits the. Sufex Coast; pale yellow, the fave that compote the 
. .. crown bright pearl colour, hollow and open at the top, and 
when magnifed Jg covered with little rifiag points. 
Cihste, Simple, inde conlc, flexuous, tapering upwards and 
fringed at the tip. 
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