122 , III. DIST. CHAR. Prototype. 



93. Pericarpial (pericarpiale) having the form 

 of a pericarp or seed-vessel a pericarpial re- 

 liquium may be 



remains open, as in the tubular axis, but without its defined 

 cylindrical structure, Madrepora cinerascens, T. 43. 1. 

 Ellis. 



Solid (solidus) filled; neither tubular nor cavernous. 

 fr.)Detached (solutus) distinct or separate from the lamellae. terms 



under centre of the receptacle. 

 &c. &c. 



The BOTTOM of the Cell (Fundus) 



Simple (simplex) not differing in form from the other parts of 

 the cell Straight (rectus) Oblique (obliquus) not in the 

 same direction as the other part of the cell Cylindrical (cy* 

 lindraceus) ^Conical (conicus) &c. &c. &c. 



The LAMELLAE of the Cell (Lamella} 

 a.)Perpendicular (perpendiculares) dividing the cell longitudinally, 



or from the aperture to the bottom. 

 Transverse (transverse) dividing the cell horizontally, or from 



side to side. 



Radiating (radiantes) running from the centre, or axis of the 

 cell, to the wall or circumference, in a star-like form* The 

 principal Lamella are perpendicular and radiating. Ma- 

 drepora. 



Circular (circulares) perpendicular and disposed round the axis 

 in concentric circles. The circular and transverse lamella 

 are wanting in many of the Madrepores. 



#.)Distiuct (sejunctx) when the radiating lamella are continued 

 from the circumference of the cell towards its axis, without 

 uniting or running one into another. Madrepora Cyathus, 

 T. 28. f. 7. Ellis. -Madr. stelMata, T. 53. f. 3. 4. Ellis. 

 Coalescent (coalescentes) joining or uniting with one another 

 before thev reach the axis. 



