484 ZOOPHYTES. 



59. MADREPORA POCILLIFERA. (Lamarck.} 



M. humilis, late ramosa, crassa, subprolifera, ramis teretibus, brevibus, 

 obtusis. Corallum caliculo apicali crassimo ; lateralibus valde con- 

 fertis, striatis, brevibus, latissimis, margine validissime incrassatis, 

 fere cochkariformibus. 



Low, spreading ramose, stout, short ramose, subproliferous ; branches 

 terete, obtuse. Corallum with the apical calicle very large; the 

 lateral much crowded, striate, short, and very broad, cochleariform, 

 with a very stout incrassate margin. 



Tongatabu, Friendly Islands. Quay <$f Gaymard. 



This species, as described and figured by Quoy and Gaymard, 

 grows in small clumps, consisting of a few branching stems, and is 

 remarkable for the obtuse extremities of the branches, the very large 

 apical calicle, and broad, thick, and short lateral calicles, which are 

 almost in contact over the whole surface. 



Mad. pocittifera, Lamk., ii. 448, No. 5. iv. 236, pi. 19, fig. 5; not figs. 6-10, 



, Blainville, Man., 390. which are other species, not determinablc 



, Quoy and Gaymard, Voy. de 1'Ast., from the description given of them. 



F. Caulibus elongatis, simplicibus, aggregatis. 



60. MADREPORA DEFORMIS. (Dana.} 



M. subcespitosa, ramis paucis, 1" crassis, simplicibus, scepe irregulariter 

 Jlexuosis, basi solido stride surgentibus, ramis longis, subteretibus, ob- 

 tusis et subproliferis, scepe coalitis. Corallum caliculis incequalibus, aliis 

 tubiformibus 2-3'" longis et I'" crassis, aliis proliferis et acervatis, 

 aliis brevissimis, extus striatis. 



Subcespitose, a few simple branches, an inch or more thick, and often 

 irregularly bent, rising from a solid base, branches long, subterete, 

 obtuse and subproliferous, often coalescent. Corallum rough with 

 unequal calicles, some tubiform, 2 to 3 lines long, and 1 line thick, 



