49. VIMENELLA. 29 



broad, with a sunken line. Polype-cells cylindrical, prominent, in 



three or four series on each edge of the stem. Axis grey, calcareous. 



Junceella, sp., Valenc. ; Milne-Edw. # Haime, CoraU. i. p. 186. 



117. Viminella juncea. B.M. 



Coral very long, flagelliform. 



Gorgonia juncea, Ellis fy Solander, Zooph. p. 81. 

 Juncella vimen, Milne-Edw. fy Haime, Corall. i. p. 186. 

 Hab. Isle of Bourbon. 



118. Viminella flagellum. B.M. 



Coral tall and simple, with the very prominent warts curved 

 inwards and arranged crowdedly in a band on each side of the axis, 

 leaving a wide naked space on each side ; colour white ; axis greyish 

 white, stony, and rigid. 



Juncella extans, Verrill, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. p. 37. 



Juncella fiVellum, Johnson, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 505, Ann. $ May. Nat. 



Hist. 1864, p. 142. 



Hab. Azores (MacAndreiv ; B.M.} ; Fayal ( Verrill) ; Madeira 

 (B.M.}. 



119. Viminella hystrix. 



"Coral simple, slender; cells very prominent, tubular." 

 Junceella hystrix, Valenc. Comptes Rendus, xli. p. 14 ; Milne-Edw. 



Corall. i. p. 186. 

 Hab. Bahia. 



120. Viminella laevis. 



Coral tall, simple, subcylindrical, rather slender, diminished in size, 

 both at the summit and near the base, where the polypes become 

 obsolete. Cells appressed, scarcely prominent, arranged in two broad 

 bands, leaving d narrow median naked space on each side, along 

 which there is a luell-marlced groove ; they are placed alternately, at 

 a distance of about inch, in about six vertical rows on each side, 

 producing a quincunx arrangement. Axis slender, cylindrical, cal- 

 careous, white, surrounded by about sixteen longitudinal lobes, two 

 of which are larger and correspond with the lateral grooves, the 

 others with the rows of polypes. Length of single imperfect specimen 

 20 inches ; diameter | inch. Colour yellowish brown, in alcohol. 

 Juncella lams, VerriH, Proc. Essex Imt. 1865, p. 189. 



Hab. Hong-Kong. 



121. Viminella (?) santa crucis. 



Coral simple, rigid ; axis cylindrical, yellowish, slender ; bark cre- 

 taceous, white ; cells irregularly disposed in a double row on each 

 edge of the stem, unequal, some twice as large as others, smooth, 

 terminal, small, and radiated ; lateral area flat and naked, with a 

 central groove. 



Juncella santa crucis, Duchass. Sf Michel, Corall. Antilles, Stippl. p. 113, 



t. 2. f. 1. 

 Hab. Island of St. Croix. 



