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extus undulatis et subremote leniter carinato-striatis ; lameUis latis- 

 simis numerosisque, integris, tenuibus, paululum exsertis. 



Hemispherical, furcato-ramose, disks sometimes sparingly compound. 

 Corallum with the calicles mostly 1J to 2 inches broad, at times 3 

 inches long, and'lobed; exterior undulate and rather remotely faint 

 carinato-striate ; larnellee very broad and numerous, entire, thin, a 

 little exsert. 



Plate 9, figs. 9 a, 9b, outline of lamellae. 



Malacca, East Indies. 



This species has much larger polyps than the last, and the carinaB 

 of the exterior are more remote, and less distinct. The distance 

 between adjacent calicles is moreover about half an inch. It is still 

 nearer the meandrina, which, however, has narrower cells, generally 

 much more sinuous and meandering. The specimen described be- 

 longs to the collections of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Phila- 

 delphia, and was deposited there by Dr. Burroughs. 



Quoy and Gaymard, Voy. de 1'Uranie, pi. 96, fig. 11. This figure may be the above 

 species imperfectly represented. 



Caryophyllia angulosa, in part, Lamarck, 2d ed. ii. 355, No. 13. 



3. Euphyllise meandrinae. 



12. EUPHYLLIA MEANDRINA. (Dana.) 



E. maxima, hemispherica, discis scepius compositis, lineatis et meandrinis. 

 Corallum ramis raro cylindricis et$" crassis, scepissime compressis in- 

 ter dum 6" latis, 5-9'" crassis; extus kvibus seupartim subtiliter stria- 

 tulis et interdumpauk undulatis, margine fragilibus ; lamellis confer- 

 tis, latis, integris, non exsertis. 



Very large, hemispherical, disks mostly compound, linear, and mean- 

 dering. Corallum, with the branches rarely cylindrical, and ^ of 

 an inch thick, generally laminato-cornpressed, sometimes 6 inches 

 broad and 5 to 9 lines thick; exterior smooth or in some parts 

 finely striate and sometimes surface a little undulate, margin fra- 

 gile ; lamella? crowded, very broad, entire, not exsert. 



