110 . III. DIST. CHAR. Prototype. 



is a part of the root, according to the Linnean 

 principles of Botany; (v. Phil. Bot. p. 38. 



J.)Solitary (solitariuni) having only a single sfirp, rising from the 

 base. Antipathes spiralis, Ellis. T. 19. f. l. Millepora 

 truncata, T. 23. f. 1. 



Aggregate (aggregatum) composed of several stirplets, rising 

 from a common base. Madrepora cespitosa, Ellis. T.31. f.5. 

 .)CeIlular (cellulare) formed with cells. Madreporte, &c. 



Cell-less (ecellulosuni) without cells. Gorgonicc, c. 

 <?.)External (externum} enclosing the animal or animals by which it 



was formed. All cellular fulciments are external. 

 Internal (internum) covered by the animals by which it was 

 formed. All cell-less fulciments are internal cloathed with 

 living, animal matter, full of small vessels and pores, which 

 contain (in some genera) polype-like zoophytes. Gorgonia, 

 Isis, Spongia, &c. 



t.)Arbuscular (arbusculare) like a little tree, or plant; elongated; 

 neither cumulate nor foliaceous. 



Shrubby (fruticosum) arbuscular, branching from the base, 

 without any common or main stem. Madrepora hirtella, 

 Ellis. T. 37. 



Caulescent (caulescens) arbuscular, branching from a com- 

 mon stem the main stem and its subdivisions or branches 

 similar in structure. Gorgonia Viminalis, Ellis. T.lS.f.l. 

 Stipitate (stipitatum) arbuscular, with a stipe or main stem 

 differing in structure from the subdivisions or branches. 

 Corallina Peniculum, Ellis. T. 25. f. 1. 

 Foliaceous (foliaceum) very thin and expanded like a leaf. 

 Flustrte, &c. 

 Plano-foliaceous tplano-foliaceuni) spreading horizontally 



over the body to which it is fixed. Flustra. 

 Frondescent (frondescens) foliaceous, and dividing into 

 branches or segments. Flustra bombycina, Ellis. T.4. f. b. 



