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48. GOKGONELLA. 27 



groove. Polype- cells in a rather irregular series on each edge of the 

 branchlets, rather prominent, roundish, white, with eight or ten 

 radiating grooves from the apex; in two or three irregular interrupted 

 series on each side of the main stem. 



Gorgonella, Valenc. Arch, du Mus. i., Ann. 8f Mag. Nat. Hist. 1855, 

 p. 182 ; Milne-Edw. $ Haime, Corall i. p. 183 ; Gray. P. Z. S. 1857, 

 p. 284; ZolKker, Ic. Hist. pp. 139, 140. 



Umbracella, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 289 ; 1859, p. 481. 



Gorgonella, sp., Verrill. 



Rhipidigorgia, sp., Milne-Edw. $ Haime, Corall. i. p. 173. 



110. Gorgonella tunbracula. 



Coral very much branched, fan-shaped, oblong, as broad as high, 

 rather netted ; branches rounded. Polype-cells prominent, wart-like. 



Frutex lignosus &c., Seba, Thes. iii. 1. 107. f. 6. 



Gorgonia umbraculum, Solander fy Ellis, p. 80, 1. 10. f. 17, 86 ; Lamk. 



Mem. Mus. ii. p. 80, Hist. A. s. V. ed. 2. ii. p. 489; Dana, Exp. 



p. 658. n. 28. 



Rhipidigorgia umbraculum, Valenc. I. c. ; Milne-Edw. Corall. i. p. 178. 

 Umbracella umbraculum, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 288 ; 1859, p. 482. 

 Gorgonella umbracula, Verrill, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. p. 37. 



Hob. North America. 



Like Rhipidigorgia laqueus, but polypes more slender, placed 

 laterally. 



111. Gorgonella stricta. 



Coral very like G. umbracula, but with the secondary branches 

 straight, larger, and closer ; polype-cells prominent, wart-like. 



Gorgonia stricta, Lamk. Mem. n. 6. 



Rhipidigorgia stricta, Milne-Edw. fy Haime, Corall. p. 179. 



Gorgonella stricta, Verrill, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. p. 37. 



Hob. Cape of Good Hope. 



" This species has all the external characters of the species quoted, 

 but it has a calcareous axis." Verrill. 



112. Gorgonella granulata. 



Coral yellowish, very much branched, flabellate, slender, somewhat 

 reticulated ; branches rigid, very brittle ; bark yellowish, with blunt 

 warts ; axis brown, horny. 



Gorgonia reticulum, Esper, t. 44 (without bark). 



Gorgonia granulata, Dana, Exp. p. 660 ? 



? Eunicea granulata, Ehrcnb. Cor. r. M. p. 660. 



Rhipidigorgia granulata, Milne-Edw. $ Haime, Corall. i. p. 180. 



Umbracella granulata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 289 ; 1859, p. 482. 



Gorgonella granulata, Kdlliker, Ic. Hist. p. 140, 1. 19. f. 12, 1. 18. f. 43. 



Hob. ? 



