57. CALLIGORGIA. 35 



5. SCIRPEARIA. Coral simple. Cells in two marginal series. 



6. RAYNERELLA. 



** Polype-cells cylindrical, diverging at right angles with the stem or 

 slightly ascending. Baric brown. 



7. NICELLA. Coral fan-like, dichotomously branched. 



* Polype-cells incurved, in whorls or opposite. 



57. CALLIGORGIA. 



Coral forked, fan-shaped, white ; stem and branches cylin- 

 drical ; branchlets pinnate, branched, diverging, forming a net- 

 work, but free. Axis continuous, stony, subcylindrical. Bark 

 thin, white, formed of flat angular imbedded granules. Cells in 

 whorls of three, cylindrical, incurved, covered with small imbricate 

 scales. 



Callogorgia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 286 ; 1859, p. 484. 

 Primnoa, BJB, Milne-Edw. fy Haime, Corall 1857, i. p. 140. 



130. Calligorgia verticillata. B.M. 



Coral elongate, round, pinnate; branches alternate, setaceous, 

 rather branched ; pores verticillate, rather horn -like. 



Lithophyton, Maccjill Hist. Mar. p. 101, t.20. f. 94-96. 

 Keratophyte or Sea-feather, Ellis, Corall. p. 60, t. 26. f. S, T, V. 

 Gorgonia verticillata, Pallas, Zooph. p. 177 ; Gmel. 8. N. 

 Gorgonia verticillaris, Solander fy Ellis, Zooph. p. 83 ; Lamk. Mem. 

 Mus. ii. p. 446, Hist. A. s. V. ed. 2. ii. p. 507 ; Lamx. Polyp. Flex. 



Primnoa flabellum, Ehrenb. Corall. r. M. p. 134. 



Primnoa verticillaris, Ehrenb. Corall. r. M. p. 133 ; Ko'lliker, Ic. Hist. 



p. 135, 1. 17. f. 12 ; Milne-Edw. $ Haime, Corall. i. p. 140. 

 Muricea verticillaris, Dana, Exp. p. 675. no. 83 (note). 



Hob. Mediterranean ; Madeira (Masson, B.M.). 

 Var. Polype-cells 10 or 20, in whorls. 



Gorgonia verticillaris, Esper, Pflanz. i. p. 156, t. 42. 



Primnoa flabellum, Ehrenb. Corall. p. 134; Milne-Edw. Corall. i. 



p. 141 ; Kolliker, Ic. Hist. p. 135, 1. 16. f. 3, 1. 17. f. 11. 

 Callogorgia flabella, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 484. 



Hab. Eed Sea. 



Var. Polype-cells small, 4, in whorls. 



Primnoa verticillaris, Col. du Mus. Paris, fide Milne-Edrv. Corall. \. 



p. 141. 



Primnoa gracilis, Milne-Edw. Corall. i. p. 141. 

 Callogorgia gracilis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 484. 



Hab. West Indies. 



"I refer Primnoa verticillaris, Ehrbg., to this species. Several 

 branches, 8 or 10 inches long, obtained in 120 fathoms, oif Sand 

 Key, Florida. Compared with specimens from the Azores, in the 

 Mus. Comp. Zool., some slight differences in the length of the calycles 



