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CARYOPHYLLIA, 
MavDREPORA, Linn., Ellis. 
Caryopuyiitia, De Lamarck, Fleming. 
CHARACTER GENERICUS. 
Corallium inverso-conicum, sub-infundibuliforme, lapi- 
deum, (sepius simplex) basi affixum: corona lamel- 
lis duplici serie dispositis, exterioribus majoribus. 
“ AnrMat tentaculis plurimis carneis, teretibus, sim- 
plicibus, integris.”. Dom. T. Smith. 
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CARYOPHYLLIA. 
es % GENERIC CHARACTER. Sd 
Coral inverse- -conic, somewhat infundibuliform, stony 
(generally simple), attached by its base : crown with lamellae 
disposed i in a double series, the outer ones cs gateest. 







tacules?: 
For the discovery of tt 
we are indebted to 
Smith, Esq. F.L.S 
served an indigenous s 
coast of Devonshire, adhe 
The corals of this genv 
are rarely found attached 
