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ZOOPHYTES. 



Lobtilaria brachychvlos, Ehrcnb., G. xxv., sp. 7. 



NOTE. Here should probably be referred the species from Tongatabu, represented in 

 fig. 8, plate 57. It grows in spreading clumps of stout lobes which are much and crowd- 

 edly lobulose, with the lobules short, three to five lines thick, somewhat angular orerose. 

 The general colour is dull grayish-green. It is probable that this is the A. tubereubsum 

 of Quoy and Gaymard, with which their description agrees better than their figure. (See 

 under A. spherophora.) 



9. ALCYONIUM AURANTIACUM. (Quoy $ Gaymard.) 



A. molle, aurantiacum, erectum, parce ramosum, ramis obtusis, oblongis 

 2'" crassis. 



Soft, orange-coloured, erect, sparingly ramose; branches obtuse, a little 

 oblong, 2 lines thick. 



New Zealand, in eight to ten fathoms. Quoy <$ Gaymard. 



The figure by Quoy and Gaymard represents a dendroid specimen, 

 three and a half inches high, with a few small branches, which appear 

 to become about an inch in length before branching again. The 

 polyps, as seen by these authors, were in a contracted state ; and 

 hence the clavate form of the polyps, and short tentacles, which 

 they describe. 



Akyonum aurantiacum, Quoy and Gay- Lobularia aurantiaca, Lamarck, 2d ed., 

 mard, Voy. de 1'Ast., iv. 277, pi. 22, ii. 633, No. 5. 

 figs. 16-18. 



10. ALCYONIUM VIRTDE. (Quoy 4" Gaymard.} 



A. grande, crassum, submotte ; ramis valde compressis et latissimis (s<zpe 

 3-4"), lobato-digitatis, 3-4'" crassis; lobis obtusis, 4-8'" latis. 



Large, stout, rather soft; branches much compressed, very broad, 

 (often 3 to 4 inches), lobato-digitate, 3 to 4 lines thick ; lobes obtuse, 

 4 to 8 lines broad. 



Island of Vanikoro. Quoy $ Gaymard. Tongatabu. Exp.Exp. 

 Quoy and Gaymard represent the species as bright green. The 



