112 . III. DIST. CHAR. Prototype. 



d. )86. FOLIAR (foliarc] belonging to a leaf. This 

 is sometimes 



they expand horizontally, and are attached to the substance, on 

 which they have been formed, by the whole of their under 

 surface. Flustrte, &c. 



Parasitical (parasiticum) adhering to another fulciment The 

 adnate mlciments, are often parasitical. 



The BASIS (Basis) 



a.) Simple (simplex} not differing in form or substance from the 

 stirp. Madrepora interstincta, Ellis. T. 66. f. 1. Madr. 

 rotulosa, Ellis. T. 55. f. 1. 



Rootiag (radicans) affixed by radicle-like tubes or fibres. Ser- 

 tularia Pennetula, Ellis. T. 7. f. 1 . Corallina Peniculum. 

 T. 7. f. 5. 

 Spread (explanata) horizontally extended round the bottom of 



the stirp. Gorgonia Briar eus, Ellis. T. 14. f. 1. 

 Creeping (repens) running along shells, fuci, &c. in the form 

 of fibres, and generally putting out several distinct stirplets. 

 Cellaria (Sertularia. Gmel.) tulipifera, Ellis. T. 5. f. a. 

 b.) Proper or peculiar (propria) supporting a single stirp. Gor- 

 gonia Umbraculum, Ellis. T. 10. f. 1. 



Common (communis) supporting several stirplets. Sertularia 

 Pinaster, Ellis. T. 6. f. b. Sertularia Pennatula, Ellis. T. 

 7. f. 1. 

 &c. &c. 



T/ie STIRP (Stirps) 



a.) Simple, or undivided (simplex s. indwisa) without branches. 

 Antipathes spiralis, T. 19. f. 1. Madrepora fungites, 

 T. 28. f. 5, 6. Ellis. 

 Branched (ramosa) furnished with branches. 



Dichotomous (dichotoma) branched, and with the branches 

 dividing regularly into pairs. Corallina marginata, T. 22. 

 f. 6.cylindrica, T. 22. f. 4. Ellis. 



