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TAB. LVL 

 CORALLIi^rA auriculariaeformis. 



Class Q. Vermes. Order 4. Zoophyta. 



Gen. Char. Animal growing in the form of a plant 

 Stem fixed with calcareous subdivided branches, 

 mostly jointed. 



Spec. Char. Stemless, spreading like a Fungus or 

 Lichen. 



Syn. Corallium cretaceum lichenoides. Ellis Co- 

 rallines, 76. tab. 27. d. D. 



1 HIS little elegant Coralline (for I cannot make it any 

 thing else in the present system) is nearest allied to the 

 CoraUina Opimt'ia in its young or early state. It is of so 

 curious a formationj that I wonder it has not been re- 

 cognised as a British species before now. 



I have seen it in some cabinets, but no where with a 

 name. It occurs in tolerabl-e abundance on the rocks at 

 Kynance Cove, and has a beautiful appearance, hanging 

 round the sides in a shelf-like manner, or at the bottom of 

 a hole growing horizontally, sometimes rising with the 

 assistance of CoraUina officinalis in elegant order — higher 

 ■up like the top figure. We cannot help remarking the 



