506 ZOOPHYTES. 



23. MANOPORA PAPILLOSA. (Lamarck.} Dana. 



M.foliacea,frondibus subjlabellatis. Corallum superne papillosum, pa- 

 pillis obtusis, rotundatis, 1'" crassis, ad marginem attenuatis, asperi- 

 usculis, kngitudinaliter seriatis. 



Foliaceous, fronds subflabellate. Corallum above papillose, papillae 

 obtuse, rounded, a line thick, attenuate towards the margin, longi- 

 tudinally seriate. 



"Austral Seas." Peron 4- Lesueur. 



Agaricia papittosa, Lamarck, ii. 382, Montipora papillosa, Blainville, Man., 389, 

 No. 5. pi. 61, fig. 2. 



24. MANOPORA VERRUCOSA. (Lamarck.} Dana. 



M. undato-gibbosa, explanata. Corallum cellis immersis, profundis, in- 

 terstitiis verrucosis, verrucis convexis, variis. 



Undato-gibbous, explanate. Corallum with deep immersed cells, in- 

 terstices verruciferous, verruca? convex, and various in size. 



Lamarck states that this species forms broad undulate expansions, 

 and has deep pocilliform cells radiated within and very small at 

 bottom. The wart-like prominences or verrucse are sometimes quite 

 large. 



Poritcs verrucosa, Lamk., ii. 439, No. 12. The M. verrucosa, of Quoy and Gaymard, 

 Montipora verrucosa, Blainville, Man., 389, Voy. de 1'Ast., iv. 247, pi. 20, fig. 11, 

 pi. 61, fig. 1. may belong here. 



25. MANOPORA TUBERCULOSA. (Lamarck.) Dana. 



M. incrustans, rudis, indivisa. Corallum cellis exiguis, inter stitiis 

 tuberculatis ; tuberculis echinatis, prominentibus, columniformibus, 

 interdum in cottinas conjluentibus. 



Incrusting, irregular in form, not lobed. Corallum having the cells 



