426 Scientifie Intelligence. 
he one G. flabellum and other well known species of the same 
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For these reasons I have been led to apply a new and distinctive 
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ew allied to G. flabellum, in accordance with a suggestion 
e former wack: * which, indeed, seems to be the 
en alternative, if we adopt the generally accepted laws of prior- 
i thus defined = genus corresponds with Dr. Kélliker’s third 
section of Gorgo 
e species which ‘Thave personally examined are as follows: 
A.—More or less flabelliform, much branched; cells Say 
Eunicella verrucosa (Pallas) V. Mediterr 
E. venosa (Val; E. and H.) V. Algeria; Madeie: 
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E. tenuis V. (sp. nov.). West jedice (?) o 
B.—Branches dichotomous, pe ome slender; cells prominent or flat. j 
E. graminea (Lam.) V. Mediterranean; Naples. / 
E. Bertolonii (Lamx.) V. Mediterranean. 
~ erinita (Val) V. Archipelago Bizagos, Africa. 
—Low, fructicose, branches short and stout; cells prominent. 
‘2 papillosa (Esper) V. Cape of Good Hope. 
—Palmate, branches flattened, elongated; cells scarcely prominent. 
BE ie V.+ (G. palma Pallas; G. albicans Kall.), Cape of 
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Ce tenuis, sp. NOV. 
at flabelliform, a foot or more high, densely branched, 
the eae branches subpinnate, giving rise to short alternating 
oe eee -25 of an inch apart Thes se are about °3 to °6 of 
inch long, an "05 in diameter, aE tation of the verruce, with the 
oe dilated ay bilobed. The verrucze are grigeh bt prominent, 
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be by °036, 184 by °048, -184 by °036, -172 By "048, ‘172 by 036 ; a 
the clubs 072 by °036, 072 by -030, -066 by 036, (060 by ‘042, _ 
West Indies (2). (Mus. Yale College and Phil. Aca ad). q 
The spicula of this species do not approach very nearly those of 
* Trans. 
+ Pallas’ ‘scription applies to dis species, and not to Leptogorgia flammea. 
