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G. ‘tp bce _ (Leptogorgia sanguinea (pars) E. and H.). 
Locality unkno 
E.—D Dphinuitek | a sar the branches ascending; with the ccenen- 
chyma developed laterally in margin nal wings, thus produemg flat or triquetral 
Rieskches, with the cells in rows scence the edges, (Xiphigorgi: 
G. anceps Pallas. Florida; West Indies 
&. Guadahupensis = and Mich.) Vv. ie pert gs 
G. citrina Esper. Flo et Bahamas; St. Tho 
G. — toi — X. Americana D. and M., Supl, p. 113, Tab., 
2, fig. 6, non G. Americana Gusel } Perhaps a rarely of the pre- 
. “Antille 
ae branches slender, ati reticulated, but the coenenchyma lat- 
erally pao y into broad, frond-like form s, (Hymenogorgia). 
G. quercifolia Ehr. West Indies Guadaloupe, ete. 
G.—Flabelliform and foliaceous, the bra sic reticulated and coalescent, but the 
meshes closed by the lateral Sovekatended of the cdialesieeaa (Phyllogo: rgia). 
Raita ELLA Verrill, gen. 
enn (oan Paks ad subsp ons authors, (non Linn. Syst. 
Nat., ed. x); Eunicea (pars) nahi nberg ; Gorgonia (pars) Dana; 
Govgonia (pars) Edw. and Haime; Kolliker. 
Ceenenchyma thin or moderately thick, composed chiefly of small 
the axis. Color, ays fii, Type Gor Perec verrucosa Pallas). 
In the work of Edwards and aime the name, Gorgonia, is ap- 
genus. Their Ist species is Muricea vatricosa Koll.; the 2nd ap- 
8a to include a Muricea and an Lehinogorgia,; the 6th is 
sea or Swiftia exserta; the 7th, 8th and 9th are Leptogorgi«,; while 
the 10th and 11th also, do not belong to this genus. One of the 
principal characters of their genus (prominent cells) Ren seve- 
ral true species of Hunicella, Moreover oe ‘non appears to be- 
Ping Aha Pea in the Plesauride, and to sely allied to Lunt 
. Plecaura in structure. _ rhe forms nee the spicula are the 
it from Hunicea, for certain 
cies r 
— te OF tH pees Eunicea. It must, a 
grheae me the family, Gorgonide, as now restrict ss 
united this ey a ‘apegr and restricted Gor- 
Onia ‘6 avin: eum as its type. 
d i Dis Ehe 6 $0 us was known to Linné when he 
his gen 
first pen ae the ols Gorgonia (Syst. Nat., ed. x), in which 
