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BRITISH CORALLINES 

 Fig, 2L 



Vers, iii. 77. Risso, I'Europ. Merid. v. 324. Stark, Elem. ii. 

 426. 



Corallina spermophoros, Ellis and Soland. Zooph. 122. Esper, 

 Corall. tab. 10. Turt. Gmel. iv. 672. Turt. Br. Faun. 212. 

 Stew. Elem. ii. 440. Lam. Anim. s. Vert. ii. 332 : 2de edit. ii. 

 517. Bosc, Vers, iii. 78. Risso, lib. cit. 324. 



Jania spermoplioros, Templeton in Mag. Nat. Hist. ix. 469. 



Var. if. The young state : simple or slightly forked, with cylindri- 

 cal joints proceeding from a spherical globule Snow-white 



downy coralline, Ellis, Corall. 52, no. 9, pi. 24, fig. h, H. 



Corallina globifera, Turt. Brit. Faun. 212- 



Hah. Grows generally on the smaller algas. It appears to 

 be very common on the southern coasts of England, and, ac- 

 cording to Mr Bean, is not uncommon at Scarborough, but we 

 do not find it on the coast of Berwickshire, and it is certainly 

 rare on the eastern shores of Scotland. It occurs commonly 

 enough on the west coast ; and is abundant on the fruitful shores 

 of Ireland. 



Grows in dense tufts from half an inch to two inches in 

 height ; generally of a pale-purplish or pink colour, said to be 

 often white, and occasionally green, much branched dichoto- 

 mously, the branches slender, filiform, jointed, with articula- 

 tions from four to six times longer than their diameter. They 



