224 JANIA 



2. JANIA, Lamouroux. 



Jania, Lamour. Cor. Flex. 266. Gray, Brit. Pi. i. 339. Flem. 



Brit. Anim. 514. Blainv. 3Ian. 349 Les Janies, Cuv. Reg. 



Anim. iii. 306. — Coralline pars, Lin — Soland — Lam. 



Character. Frond slender, branched in a dichoto- 

 mous manner ; the joints cylindrical ; the crust calcareous, 

 unporous ; the axis sabcartilaginous, solid, constricted at 

 intervals corresponding to the articulations of the crust. 

 Fructification — Capsular sioellings produced in the axils of 

 the branches containing seminal granules. 



1. J. RUBEJis, ccespitose, joints of the principal branches 

 eylindrical, unarmed. 



Plate XXIII. 



Corallinae affinis sive miiscus marinus tenui capillo. Rati, Hist. PI. 



i. 66. 

 Corallina rubens, LiVj. Syst. 1304. Berk- Syn. i. 215. Krauss, 



Corall. et Zoophyt. der Sudsee, 14. Delle Chiaie, Anim. s. Vert. 



Nap. iv. 149. 

 Jania rubens, Lamour. Cor. Flex. 272. Corall. 122. Gray, Brit. 



PI. i. 339. Fiem. Br. Anim. 314. Blainv. Actinol. 349. BeU 



lamy's S. Devon, 267. 

 Var. «. Branches cylindrical, straight, ^irgate. Cor. rubens, Pall 



Elench. 426. 



