350 ZOOPHYTES. 



lars, have the general characteristics of the Fungise, Mussse, and 

 Euphyllise.* Ehrenberg enumerates three species. The M. patella 

 (Fungia patellaris of Lamarck, and Madrepora patella of Ellis and 

 Solander) is probably a young Fungia (see p. 293). The M. antho- 

 phyllum appears to be one of the compressed Euphyllise, and is de- 

 scribed as follows: "M. erectus, compressus, stella oblonga, margine 

 integro, lamellis inclusis, denticulatis, et latere granulosis; 4"' latus et 

 altus." The M. ? eburneus (Fungus eburneus of Shaw) is described 

 as follows : " M. pollicaris, basi dilatatus, stella 4-lineari, glaber, 

 eburneus, obsolete striatus, interdurn latere simpliciter gemmascens." 

 A young Dendrophyllia? 



As the animals of the Fungi*, Mussse, and Euphyllise, have for 

 each group, decided characteristics, it cannot be proper to disregard 

 these characteristics, and aggregate the simple species merely on the 

 ground of their not budding. We might, with as much propriety, in 

 the botanical kingdom, separate from their congeners the simple spe- 

 cies consisting of a single individual flower (instead of affording many 

 by budding), and collect them into one genus. 



A single specimen, having the characteristics of the Monomyces, 

 was collected in the Feejees, which we believe to be probably the 

 young of a Tridacophyllia. It consisted of a delicate fragile disk, an 

 inch in diameter, stellate, with thin lamellae above, and supported on 

 a small pedicel three-fourths of an inch in height (plate 22, fig. 8). 



TRIBE II. CARYOPHYLLACEA. 



Actinaria multitentaculata, tentaculis in seriebus duabus aut pluribus 

 dispositis. Scepissime gemmipara; gemmatione inferiore, polypis su- 

 perne non prolatantibus. Scepius coralligena ; corallis cakareis, cellis 

 multiradiatis ; super fide coralkrum aggregatorum inter stitiali raro 

 obsolete vel minime lamelk-striatd. 



* " Fungise et Caryophyllice solitarisc fixouque." EHRENB. 



