$58 36. Scypha. 2. THALASSIOPHYTZ. PI. cell. aph. 
5. Scypha foliacea. | Leafy scyphe. 
Thallus tubular, much boniprensadl texture fine, inside’ 
finely reticulated. 
Spongia compressa, Fabricius Faun. Green. 448. 
Sea-shore. 
Thallus an inch long, dull yellow, pendent; from its: 
thinness it may be mistaken for a flustra. 
6. Scypha levigata. Smooth scyphe. 
Thallus soft, compressible, elastic; texture extremely 
fine and reticulated. : 
Spongia levigata, Montague Wern, Tr. 2, 95. 
Bottom of the sea? 
Texture extremely fine, equal to ihiat of the sinertidl 
spougy part of some kinds of puff-ball. 
7. Scypha ovata. Ovate' scyphe. 
Thallus ovate, wrinkled, tubular; summit crowned with 
spines surrounding the aperture. ; 
Spongia Ananas, Montague Wern. Tr, 2, 96. 
Sea-shores. 
Thallus minute. 
8. tomentosa. Thallus clothlike. 
Upon cellaria scruposa. 
8. Scypha complicata. Complicated scyphe. 
Thallus tubular; branches numerous, most intricately 
interwoven, and frequently anastomosing. 
Spongia complicata, Monéague Wern, Tr, 2,97. 
On fuci. 
9. Scypha cancellata. Railwork scyphe. 
ibres in network, inosculations tuberous, with a pore. 
Spongia cancellata, Brit. Misc. 131, not of Gmelin. 
Thallus yellowish; fibres horny in railwork with large 
interstices. 
XXXII. 57. SPONGIA. Aristotle. Sponge 
Thallus sessile or pedicelled, of a compact or slightly 
lobed indeterminate iorm, composed of interwoven, bent, 
reticulated horny fibres, without any chalklike matter. 
