PUNICULINA QUADRANGULAHIS. 21 



the sexual animals : at the lowemaost end of the feather the zooids take 

 the place of the polypes and end in sinf»le rows on the lateral surfaces 

 of the rachis. Sexual organs iu the body-cavities of all adult polypes. 

 Radial nutrient canals not present. Integument of both I'achis and 

 stalk beset with calcareous needles, especially abundant in the stalk." 



Kolliker only recognises a single species, viz., Funiriilhut q itadrangu- 

 laris. He gives the following list of synonyms and definition of the 

 species : — * 



Synonynu. — Fenna thl pence pavoue. Bohadsch. 

 Pennatula quadrangularis. Pallas. 

 Pennatula anten)iina. Linn:eus, Ellis, and Solander. 

 Funiculina tHragona. Lamarck. 



Pavonaria Antennina. Cuvier, Schweigger, Ehrenberg. 

 Pavonaria quadrangularis. Blainville, D. Chiaje, E. Forbes, 



Johnston, M. Edwards. 

 FunicuJina antennina. V. D. Hoeven. 

 Funiculina Forbesii. Verrill. 

 Funiculina quadrangularis. Herklots. 



Definition of Species. — " Colony up to 53 inches long, and at its 

 widest part 0'4 to 0"5 inch breadth. Feather five to six times as long as 

 stalk. Polype cups cylindrical, forming a conical pointed end when 

 closed, very numerous, arranged in oblique rows or clusters on the 

 dorsal angles and neighbouring parts of the dorsal and lateral surfaces ; 

 the larger polypes 0-2 to 0"-i inch long. The pointed processes of the 

 cup-border (calyx) up to 0-02 inch long. Prolongations of the body- 

 cavity into the cup-border (calyx) O'Oo to 0"06 inch long. Calcareous 

 needles of the cup up to 0-024 to 0'028 inch long." 



By Verrill, as we have already seen, two species of Funiculina were 

 distinguished, the name Funiculina Forbesii being proposed for the 

 Scotch specimens, to distinguish them from the Mediterranean ones. 

 We have in a former section of this Report fully explained the reasons 

 which have led us to reject this division. 



Dr. Gray describes three species of Funiculina :\ — Funiculina 

 quadrangularis, F. Forbesii, and F. Philippinensis. Concerning the two 

 first of these species the distinction is that proposed by Verrill, which 

 we have found is not valid. Concerning the third species all that Dr. 

 Gray tells us is the following : — 



" 3. Funiculina Pliilippineiisis. B.M. 



Axis quadrangular, about a foot long. 

 Hab. Philippines (Cuming)." 

 Kolliker makes no reference to it, although his monograph is of later 

 date than Dr. Gray's catalogue ; and on inquiry at the British Museum 

 we find that the specimens are no longer in existence. 



* Kolliker, op. cit., p. 256. 



+ Gray: "Catalogue of the Sea-Pens or Peunatulariidae in the collection of 

 the British Museum." 1870, pp. 12—13. 



