378 ZOOPHYTES. 



Port Jackson, New Holland, attached to the base of a Melitsea. Exp. 

 Exp. 



The lamellae are more nearly equal than in the preceding species, 

 and appear less crowded, and without a distinct star of six rays ; the 

 thin margin of the calicle, moreover, extends a little above them. 



CULICIA TRUNCATA. (Dana.) 



C. simplicissima, fere cylindrica aut subturbinata, 1J'" aha et lata. 

 Corallum apice planum, cella non excavatd sed lamellis subtiliter laci- 

 niatis repletd, majoribus alternis, 12. 



Quite simple, nearly cylindrical or subturbinate, 1^ lines high and as 

 many in breadth. Corallum plane at top, cell not excavate, but 

 filled with the minutely laciniate lamella, which are twenty-four in 

 number, large and small alternate. 



Plate 28, fig. 7, calicle enlarged ; 7 a, same natural size. 



The Feejee Islands, attached to the dead part of an Echinopora. 

 Exp. Exp. 



The lamellae fill up the cell and give a flat top to the calicle ; and 

 the minute teeth, which appear like dots about the centre, are ar- 

 ranged symmetrically, six forming an inner circle, and twelve another 

 circle around them. 



GENUS VII. CARYOPHYLLIA. LAMARCK. 



CaryophyttidcR affixce, segregato-gemmatce ; polypis sapius cylindricis, 

 ore longi exserto, tentaculis numerosis. Coratta caliculato-ramosa ; 

 ramis apice animatis et striatis, quot lamellis tot striis ; infra mor- 

 tuis, striis obsolescentibus. 



Attached Caryophyllidae with segregate growth and gemmation; po- 

 lyps usually cylindrical, mouth long exsert, tentacles numerous. 



