210 PERCY SLADEN TRUST EXPEDITION. 



Plate 11. 



Fi". 1. DcndroncjMhya {Sportgodes) multisjnnosa, Henderson. X | 



Fig. 2. Siphonogor(jia robusta, sp. n. X li. 



Fig. 3. Siphonogorgia hicksoni, sp. n. x j. 



Fig. 4. Dendronephthya {Spongodes) gardineri, sp. n. X |. 



Fig. 5. Peculiar form of Siphonogorgia vanabilis (Hickson). x 7^. 



Yin;. 6. Cactogorgia lampas, sp. n. Nat. size. 



Fig. 7. Dendronephthya (Spongodes) umbellulifera, Kiikeuthal (?). ) 



Plate 12. 



Fig. 1. Autozooids of a young iSfarro/pAj//Mm (fig. 6). x 4i. 

 Fig. 2. Sympodium cceruleum, Klunzinger. Nat. size. 

 Fig. 3. Clavularia scintillans, sp. n. x 7. 

 Fig. 4. Young Sarcophytum. X li. 

 Fig. 5. Cespitularia cmndea. Nat. size. 

 Fig. 6. Young Sarcophytum. x I5. 



Fig. 7. Alcyonium {Erythropodium) indicum (Thomson and Henderson), x |. 

 Fig. 8. Alcyonium (^Erythropodium) salomonense, sp. n. X |. 

 Fig. 9. Cespitularia taniata, May. x |. 



Fig. 10. Sclerophytum gardineri, Pratt, showing large spindles on the broken edges, x |. 

 Fig. 11. Sympodium salomonense, sp. n., growing on a coral. x 2^. 

 Fig. 12. The same. 



Fig. 13. View of the edge of Sclerophytum gardineri, Pratt, showing the large spindles in the 

 coenenchyma. x 4. 



Plate 13. 



[N.B. — The dimensions of the spicules are stated in the text. The drawings of the spicules 

 of different species are not always on the same scale.] 



Fig. 1. Dendronephthya gardineri, %-p. w. I «, base; 16, polyps; 1 c, cortex of poly parium. 



Fig. 2. Clavularia scintillans, sp. n. 



Fig. 3. Acamptogorgia gracilis, Thomson. 



Fig. 4. Melitodes coccinea,'Esper. Contrast with Wrightclla coccinea (fig. 7). 



Fig. 5. Stereacanthia elongata, sp. n. 



Fig. 6. Capnella morula, sp. n. 6 a, polyp ; 6 b, stem ; 6 c, canal-walls. 



Fig. 7. Wnghtella coccinea, Gray. 



Fig. 8. Melitodes Jiabellum, sp. n. 



Pig. 9. Alcyonium {Erythropodium) salomonense, sp. n. 



Fig. 10. Plumarella delicatissima, Wright and Studer, var. n. dentata. 



Fig. 11. Sclerella pratti (Thomson and Henderson). \\a, canal walls; \\b, polyps ; 11 c, base. 



Fig. 12. Sarcophytum reichenbachi, Schenk. 



Fig. 13. Melitodes variabilis, Hickson. Contrast Wrightella variabilis (fig. 14). 



Fig. 14. Wrightella variabilis, Thomson and Henderson. 



Fig. 15. Sympodium salomonense, sp. n. 15 a, top of a spicule seen from above. 



Fig. 16. Cactogorgia lampas, %^.n. 16 o, cortex; 16 6, polyp. 



Fig. 17. Muricella rubra, Thomson. 



