652 BADIATA. 



inorg-anic body, which invests them, and forming a general compound of anU 

 mals. 



Spongia palmala.— The Palmated Sponge. Plate Ixxxvii. tg. 4. Erect, 

 compressed and very porous, with palmated digitiform branches ; and a sub. 

 acute furcated apex. Inhabits the European seas. 



Flabellaria pavonia. — The Peacock Flabellaria. Plate Ixxxvii. fig-. 3. 

 With a simple incrusted stem and agglutinated branches ; surmounted by a 

 flabelliform calcarious, undulated, sublobed leaf. Inhabits the American 

 seas. 



CoraUina officinalis. —The Sliop Corallina. Plate IxxxviL fig. 5. Branches 

 pinnated j joints of the stem and branches cuneiform and compressed. In- 

 habits the coasts of Europe. 



CoraWnasjua;nata.— The Scaly Corallina. Plate Ixxxvil fig. 6. Natu- 

 ral size ; fig. 7. a branch magnified. Inhabits the coasts of England. 



Corallina cylindrica.— The Cylindrical Corallina. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 8. 

 Inhabits the American coasts. 



GoTgonia verriculata.— The Warted Gorgonia. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 11. 

 Very large, branched, and fan-shaped ; ramuli divaricate, and joined at the 

 reticulation; crust white, with scattered warty pores. Inhabits the Indian 

 seas. 



Gorgonia lepadifera. — The Stony Gorgonia. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 12. 

 Branched and squamose. Inhabits the North seas. 



Autipathes spiralis.— The Spiral Antipathes. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 10. Sub- 

 spiral, simple, and scabrous. Inhabits the Indian ocean. 



Isis hippuriit.— The Horse-tail Isis. Plate Ixxxvii. tig. 13. Somewhat 

 branched, with a smooth, thick, many-osculated crust ; joints of the axis 

 stony, sulcated, irregular, and the last compressed j intervals horny, luha- 

 bits the Indian ocean. 



Corallium ritbrum.— The Red Corallium. Plato IxxxviL fig. 14. Bright 

 carnation red. Inhabits the Mediterranean and Indian seas. 



OcuUna virginea.— The Virgin Oculina. Plate IxxxvU. fig. 15. Greatly 

 branched, and tortuous ; stars scattered, immersed or prominent, and form- 

 ed by lamellae. Inhabits the Indian seas. 



Seriatopora subulata.— The Subulate Seriatopora. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 18. 

 Diffuse, with many slender branches ; stars in a longitudinal series. 



Madripora simplicis.— The Simple Madripore. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 21. 

 Greatly depressed, and mushroom-shaped. Inhabits the Indian ocean. 



Porites clamria.— The Club-Shaped Porites. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 22. Sub- 

 clavate, and obtusely compressed ; stellae broad, flat, and contiguous. Inha. 

 bits the American seas. 



Astrea radiata.— The Rayed Astrea. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 16. Stars orbi. 

 cular; interstices sulcated. Inhabits the American seas. 



Astrea denticulata — The Toothed Astrea. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 17. Stars 

 unequal, cells contiguous. Inliabits the Indian ocean. 



Explanaria rosularia.— The Rosularia Explanaria. Plate Ixxxviii. fig. 3. 

 Depressed, foliaceous, and suborbicular. Inhabits the Australian seas. 



Meandrina labyrintkica.— The Labyrinth Madripore. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 

 19. Hemispherical ; undulations long and tortuous ; base dilated ; emenerus 

 simple, and subacute. Inhabits the American seas. 



Agaricia ampliata — The Increasing Agaricia. Plate Ixxxvii. fig. 23. Fan- 

 shaped and foliaceous ; loogitudinally rugose ; stars few and imperfect. 



