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10. Antipathes ulex. B.M. 



Antipathes ulex, Soland. Zooph. 100. t. 19. f. 7, 8 ; Lamx. Exp. 

 t. 19. f. 7, 8. 



Antipathes mimosella, Lamk. no. 8. 



Coral shrub-like, branches rather fan-like ; branchlets slender, 

 rather distant, in two rows, diverging from the side of the upper sur- 

 face of the branches. 



Batavia {Ellis) ; Philippines {Cuming). 



1 1. Antipathes myriophyllum. B.M. 



Antipathes myriophyllum, Soland. Zooph. 102. t. 19. f. 11, 12 ; 

 Lamx. Exp. t. 19. f. 11, 12; Esper, t. 10 ; Blainv. Man. t. 87. f. 2. 



A. pinnatifida, Lamx. Pol. Flex. 277. t. 14. f. 4?. Coral, t. 14. 

 f. 4?. 



Coral shrub-like, branched, branches rather fan-like in one plane ; 

 branchlets short, crowded, subpinnate, in two rows, diverging from 

 the sides of the upper surface of the branches, which are smooth and 

 subangular beneath. 



Batavia (Ellis) ; Philippines (Cuming). 



Antipathes compressa, Esper, t. xiii., greatly resembles the base 

 of the stems of this species. 



12. Antipathes larix. B.M. 

 Antipathes larix, Esper, ii. 147. t. 4. 



Coral cylindrical, simple, erect ; stem subtriangular below, cylin- 

 drical above ; branches numerous, crowded on all sides of the stem, 

 simple, hair-like, elongate. 



Mediterranean (Lam/c.). 



In collections the branches are often broken off by pressure, and 

 it then appears as if there were only two rows, one on each side of 

 the stem, as figured by Esper : but the base of the branches is ge- 

 nerally to be observed. 



13. Antipathes abies. B.M. 



Gorgonia abies, Linn. S. N. 1290. 

 Antipathes cupressus, Soland. Z. 103. 

 Antipathes cupressina, Pallas, Z. ^13; Esper, t. 3, bad. 

 Cypressus marinus, Rumph. Amb. vi. t. 80. f. 2 ; Seba, hi. t. 10G. 

 f. 1. 



Coral cylindrical, oblong or subfusiform ; stem simple, rarely 

 with one or two branches ; branchlets spreading on all sides, repeat- 

 edly divided and arched downwards. 



Philippines (Cuming). 



14. Antipathes spinescens. B.M. 



Coral branched, branches divaricating, subcylindrical ; branchlets 

 on all sides of the stem crowded, short, of nearly equal length, 



