28 ELLI8ELLAD2E. 



Var. orange, almost all the branches coalescing. 



? Gorgonia reticulum, Esper, t. 44. 



Gorgonia flexuosa, Dana, Zooph. p. 660. t. 60. f. 2 $ Milne-Edw. Sc 

 Haime, Corall. i. p. 185. 



Hob. Kingsmill Islands.. 



113. Gorgonella pseudo-antipathes. B.M. 



Coral with the principal branches nearly parallel and almost cylin- 

 drical; network very loose and irregular, a few of the branchlets 

 free ; bark whitish, with very close irregularly placed warts. 



PGorgonia pseudo-antipathes, Esper, t. 54. 



Gorgonia flabellum, Esper, 1. 1. 



Gorgonia cancellata, Dana, Zooph. p. 658. 



Rhipidigorgia cancellata, Milne-Edw. fy Haime, Corall. i. p. 179. 



Gorgonella pseudo-antipathes, Kolliker, Ic. Hist. p. 140, 1. 18. f. 42. 



Hob. ? 



114. Gorgonella sarmentosa. 



Coral branched ; branches cylindrical, slender, anastomosing near 

 the base, the last branches short ; polype-cells slightly visible ; lateral 

 groove well marked. 



Gorgonia sarmentosa, Lamk. H. A. s. V. ii. p. 326 (not Esper). 

 Gorgonia ceratophyta, Delle Chiaje, A. s. V. p. 26, t. 77. f. 1. 

 Eumcea sarmentosa, Ehrenb. Corall. p. 137. 

 Pterogorgia sarmentosa, Dana, Zooph. p. 633. 



Gorgonella sarmentosa, Valenc. Comptes Rendus, xli. p. 14 j Mihie-Edw. 

 8f Haime, Corall. i. p. 183. 



Hob. Mediterranean. 



115. Gorgonella verriculata. 



Coral with very slender coalescing branches; the polype-cells 

 moderately but distinctly prominent. 



Gorgonella verriculata, Milne-Edw. fy Haime, Corall. i. p. 183. 



Hob. Isle of France. 



G. violacea and G. cauliculus are true Gorgonia, according to Prof. 

 Kolliker, I c. p. 139. 



116. Gorgonella Cumingii. B.M. 



Coral fan-like, broader than high; branches slender, cylindrical, 

 diverging, radiating in a regular manner; branchlets slender, the 

 terminal ones are spine-like. 



Hob. Philippines (Cuminy) ; the axis only. 



B. Polype-cells elongate or wart-like, prominent. 



49. VIMINELLA. 

 Coral simple, elongate, flagelliform. Bark thin; lateral space 



