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rican seas, and the g.flammea, a native of the 

 Indian seas, so remarkable for its scarlet hue : 

 in the third section that of the lamelliferi, a 

 heautiful specimen of the oculinaflabelliformis, 

 a very rare species from India ; and many fine 

 madrepores, such as the palmata, plantagijicea, 

 corjrmbosa and cervicornis,some from the Indian, 

 others from the American seas, the seriatopora 

 subulata from India, the pavonia agaricites, and 

 the lactuca from America, the astrea punctifera, 

 the caryophyllia truncularis , sinuosa, zndfasci- 

 culata, thefungia limacinaand agariciformis , the 

 meandrina cerebriformis and labyrinthica from 

 the American seas: among the foraminosi, the 

 millepora complanata and alcicornis, and the tu- 

 bipora musica, which was observed by Peron on 

 the shores of Timor ; this polypus exists in half 

 rounded masses of a vivid red colour, on which 

 the animals expand their fringed tentaculae of a 

 glossy green, and these orbs floating on the sur- 

 face of the waters have the appearance of ver- 

 dant sods upon a coral ground. Lastly, among 

 thejluviatiles we may remark a beautiful spe- 

 cimen of the alcyonella stagnarum, found by 

 M* Robineau in a pond in Burgundy. 



