SYNOPSIS. 



9Pifi 



aut informcs aut in raodo corallii ramosre aut in laniinas 

 tenues Iseves vel varie convolutas crescentes. — Obs. Pro- 

 pagines hse ad classem algarum male rclatse sunt, nam 

 a corallinis easdem natas esse credo. Semina illorum in 

 locis inhospitis gemmantia, et vi vegetanti insita adrao- 

 nita, formas parentibus ignotas et inclioatas tantum evolveve 

 coguntur. 



Genus— NULLIPORA. 



Character. — " Stirps irregularis, e gelatina animali pror- 

 sus lapidescente/"' Schiveigger. 



1. N. POLYMORPH A, " irregularis, glomerata, solida ; ramulis 

 grossis, brevibus, obtusis, subnodosis." Lamarck. 



2. N. CALCAREA, " laxe ramosa, polychotoma, solida ; ramu- 

 lis gracilibus ; inferne coalescentibus, apice obtusis," Lamarck. 

 — " Millepora ramosa albissima solida dichotoma, ramulis at- 

 tenuatis coalescentibus." Solander. 



3. N. FASCICULATA, " glomerata, dense cymosa ; ramis 

 erectis, fasciculatis, confertis, apice incrassatis, obtusis." La- 

 marck. 



4. N. AGARiciFORMis, " alba solidissima foliosa, lamiuis ses- 

 silibus semicircularibus congestis." Pallas. — " Millepora cre- 

 tacea lamellata, laminis varie decussantibus." Solander. 



" Prima liuis est luinniim' sapiontiif, valdc siniilia posse distiiiguere. 



