WORMS. ZOOPHYTA. 73. Alcyonhun. 203 



branches blending together, forming an elegant kind of net-work : 

 foiypts with 8 claws. 



73. ALCYONIUM. 



656. A. digitatum. - Without stem, oblong, lobed, of a 

 coriaceous wrinkled substance, covered with minute 

 papillae. 



Dead man's hand. Ellis Coral, p. 83. 1. 32./. a. A. A. fl. 



Of a tough fleshy substance, divided into 2 or 3 obtufe lobes, pale 

 reddish-grey without, whitish within, and covered with stellate 

 warts, each protruding an 8-armed polype. 



037. A . Schlosseri. Roundish, fleshy, livid, covered with 

 obtusely-rayed yellow stars ; the rays with each & 

 single perforation towards the end. 



orlase Cornw.p. 254. tab. 25. f. i. 2. 



On the stems of Fuci : brown or greyish : rays much rounded/ 

 5-12 on each star which is perforated at the bale. 



658. A. Borlasii. Spread,. fieshy, dark green, covered 

 vith obtusely rayed yellow stars ; the rays with each 

 a double perforation near the en'd . 



Bortasc Cornw. p. 254. tab. 25. f. 3. 4; 



found coating rocks from 6 inches to a fa<U in extent, with 

 about 10 rays in each star -which are oblong, with a perforation 

 near the end, and a fnuilcr-on* beneath it ; centre of the star 

 perforate. 



659. A. constdlatwn. Spread^ fleshy, reddish-brown^ 

 covered with acutely rayed stars, impcrforate at the 

 ends or centre. 



Sort Cornui. p. 254. tab. 25. /. 5. 6. 



Refembles the last, except tfiat the rays are sharp-pointed, 

 unequal, and without perforation. 



660. A. Bursa. Subglobular, hollow, pulpy, green, with 

 very thickset hyaline papillae. t , 



Sea purfe. Mars. Hist. Alar. p. 80. t. 30. n. 69.= 

 About the size of a frnall apple, foft, coriaceous. 



661. A. Ficas. Lobed like a pair of iungs, fleshy, dark 

 olive or livid, covered with small 6-rayed stars, w*p 

 thin full of 'small yellow particles like the inside of 



a fig. 



Sea-fig, Sea lungs. Ellis Coral. p. 82. t. 17. f. b. B. 



Rather compressed, full of clavate vesicles within filled with a 

 yellow fluid. 



662. A. gelatinosum. Gelatinous, yello-wish, irregularly 

 formed. 



Pudding-weed. Ellis Coral p. 87. tab. 31. /. D. 



Adhering to marine substances* roundish or branched. 



663. A. arenosum. Crustaceous, Shaped like a horses 

 hoof, pale yellowish-brown, consisting of agglutina- 

 ted sand. 



Ellis Coral, p. 74. t. 25. /. c. Nat. Miscell. t. 27*. 

 Fiustra arenofa. Linn. Trans, v.f. 230. tab. 10. 



Adhering to fuci and shells, covered with fmall peres disposed 

 in a quincunx, and is friable when dry. 



064. A. conglomeration. Gelatinous, convex, with con- 

 glomerate finger-like divisions, and toothless termi- 

 ijU inoutha. 



