76 G Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918 



Plate XIV. 



Paragorgia arborea (L.)- Swollen end of a branch, enlarged about 1^. 



Drifa (/lomerata Ver. Three polyps from a large Hudson bay specimen; p, a planula-form larva 



being discharged. Two of these polyps are immature. Much enlarged. 

 The same. Surface spicules of the anthocodia as seen more or less endwise in natural positions; 



much enlarged. 

 The same. Surface spicules of the ccenenclyma, with the same enlargement. 

 Gersemia longiflora var. {?). Ver. A specimen surrounding a fragment of a gorgonian axis and 



then extending its base so as to include a lump of mud for anchorage. Enlarged l\. This is not 



the typical form. 

 The same. One of the branches, enlarged about 3. 

 Drifa ramo^a Studer. Spicules of the type from off Newfoundland, after Studer; a, one of the 



spindles; b, c, two clubs from the anthocodia; enlarged 270. 

 Anthomaslus grandifiorus Ver. A small specimen with only seven large polpys in nearly full 



expansion, from afresh specimen. The tentacles are not of their full length. About natural size. 

 The same. Three of the spicules; (a) club; (b) double star; (c) spindle. Much enlarged. 

 The same. A very young specimen vdth. three or four contracted polyps. About natural size. 

 The same. A younger one with three expanded polyps. This and the last have clavate lobes at 



the base tor anchorage in soft mud. About § natural size. 



Figs. I, 5, 6, 7 by J. H. Emerton; the others by the author. 



