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also nearly allied. 7. trichostemma V. (Dana sp.) and 7: auran- 
taca Lamx. have stouter and more warty spicula. 
Muricea granulosa, sp. nov. Figure 4. 
Corallum rather slender, somewhat fan-shaped, branching 
in a plane; branches and branchlets irregularly sub-pinnate ; 
branchlets slender, 5 to 1% inches long. errucse sma. 
crowded, prominent, somewhat nariform, opening upward, the 
lower lip rounded, not prolonged. cenenchyma granulous 
with small, stout spicula. Color, when dried, dull yellowish or 
grayish brown. Height 6 inches; breadth 4; diameter of trunk 
ay of branchlets ‘06 to 08; of verruce 03; height of verrucz 
of an 
and roughly warted, stout spindles, 4, 190 
Short, stout, rough, bay ae forms, 
which are often as broad as long, with 
warted spindles. 
The larger rough spindles measure *648™™ by ; y 
108 ; the oblong spicula 408 by -144, 396 by “168, 312 by a 
More slender than in most species. __ : 
Muricea vatricosa Kélliker (Gorgonia vatricosa Val.) from the 
i African species recorded pre- 
iginal specimen. 
ay a t e corresponding forms are 
about twice as large ; some of the larger spindles measure * 
by -180™™, -780 by 240, 744 by 204; oblong spicula 696 by 
40, -456 by 192; clubs -660 by “156, -456 by “180; the slender 
Spindles -720 by *108. The lower lip is also said to be pro- 
Onged in the form of a small horn. 
