94 BRITISH SPONGES: 



the " Mermaid's glove" of the Shetlanders. The Spongia pal- 

 mata of TempJeton in Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. p. 470, is a variety 

 of HaHchondria panicea. 



2 H. OCULATA, erect, much and dichotomously branched, 

 the branches rounded ; texture fine and soft, ivith a smooth 

 surface ; fecal orifices small, mostly marginal ; spicula 

 short, straight or very slightly curved, sharp at each end. 



Plate III. 

 Spongia ramosa, Raii Hist. i. 81 : and Syn. 29, No. 1. 

 Spongia ramosa apicibus aeutis fiircis, Petiv. Pterigraph. Amer. 



tab. xix. fig. 3. 

 Branched English Sponge, Ellis Corall. 80, No. I, pi. 32, Fig./. -F. 



Phil. Trans, abridg. xii. 261, pi. 7. B. 

 Spongia oculata. Pall. Elench. 390. Lin- Syst. 1298. Ellis and 

 Soland. Zooph. 184. Berk. Syn. i. 213- Turt. Gmel. iv. 658. 

 Tvrt. Brit. Faun. 208. Stew. Elem. ii. 434. Montagu in 

 Warn. Mem ii. 78, pi. 6, fig. 2. Lam. Anim. s. Vert. ii. 378. 

 2de edit. ii. 569. Bosc, Vers, iii. 170. Hogg's Stock. 39. La- 

 viour. Cor. Flex. 74. Corall. 121. Parkins. Oryct. 46. 

 Tupha oculata. Gray, Brit. PI. i. 354. 



Sp. dichotoma, Lin. Syst- 1299. Mull. Zool. Dan. prod. 256. 



Ellis and Soland. Zooph. 187. Berk. Syn. i. 213. Turt. Gmel. 



iv. 659. Montagu in Wern. Mem. ii. 82. pi. 6, fig. i. La- 



mour. Cor. Flex. 67. Corall. 177. Parkins. Oryct. 45. Lam. 



Anim. s. Vert. ii. 375: 2de edit. ii. 566. Bosc, Vers, iii. 171. 



Spongia polychotoma, Esper, Spong. tab. 36. 



Tupha dichotoma, Gray, Brit. PI. i. 355. 



Halichondria ramosa, Flem. Brit. Anim. 523. Bellanufs South 



Devon, 268. 

 Haliclona oculata. Grant in Oull. Comp. Anat. 5, Fig. 2. 

 L'Haleponge rameuse, Blainv. Actinolog. 533. 

 L'H. paniforme, Blainv. Atlas, pi. 93, fig. 5. 

 Hah. " Hanging from the under surface of rocks about the 

 low-watermarkof spring-tides,"p/6?mj«^. " Itisfoundvery com- 

 mon all round the sea-coast of these kingdoms," Ellis. " Mare 

 inter Angliam et Belgium," Pallas. Coast of Devon, Montagu. 

 Dublin Bay, A. H. Hassall. It is not uncommon on the Nor- 

 thumberland coast ; and occurs frequently in the Frith of Forth. 



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