674 WORMS. ZOOPHYTA. rco. Corallina. 
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Obtufata. Dichotomous, with oval-oblong joints a little compreffed 
and rounded at the ends, : 
Solander €2. Ellis Corall. p. 113. 2. 9. tab. 22. f 2. 
Inhabits the fhores of the Bahama iflands. 
Lapid-fcens Dichotomous, with cylindrical downy branches. 
Solander &F Ellis Corall. 5.112. tab. 21. g. tab, 22. 9. 
Inhabits appears covered with fhort hair-like verticillate 
'* down of a reddifh colour, as if the outer calcareous coat was 
eaten off, or as if another calcareous layer was about to be 
produced: /fem fometimes trichotomous. 
Barbata.- Dichotomous, with fhort cylindrical joints, the extreme 
ones bearded at the tips. 
Ellis Corall. p.54.tab. 25. fe c. C. 
Sloane Famaica, V. p» 58. 2. 17. tab. 20. f. 3. 
Inhabits the fhores of Jamaica: about 3 inches long. 
Refurivm. Dichotomous, with round bead-like joints, thofe of the 
ftem longer and cylindrical. 
Solandzr and Ellis Corall. p. 111. n.6. tab. 21. f. h. H. H 1—3. 
Shane Jamaica, Y. 5. 58. n. 18. tab. 20. fo 4. — 
Inhabits the Wef Indies: joints fmaller towards the ends of the 
branches. > 
Cufpidata. Pranches often dividing into 4 and ending in fharp points; 
joints cylindrical and united by a glutinous tendinous 
fubftance. * 
Solander &F Ellis Corall. 8. 124. n. 30. tab. 21. fig. f. 
5 Imhabits the ef Indies: very brittle, white, and grows in tufts 
about 3 inches high. : 
Tribulus. Branches often dividing into $, joints 2-edged and united by 
a glutinous tendinous fubítance. 
Solander and Ellis Corall. p. 124. n. 31. tab. 21. fig. e. 
Inhabits the 772// Indies: whitifh and larger than the laft. 
Flabellum, Stem fimple, incrufted, with the branches fticking together 
in a foliaccous fan-fhaped manner and fomewhat 
waved. X 
Solender and Ellis Corall. p. 124. n. 32. tab. 24. 
» Inhabits the We Indies, of various colours, from a greenifh-brown 
to milk. white; fonvetimes of a flat kidney fhaped form and 
about an inch high, fometimes expanding to a large fubdi- 
vided lobed and undulated mafs from 1 to 5 inches high and 
as many broad: 4e terminated by a tuft of fine radical tubes, 
Con- 
