WORMS. ZOOPHYTA. 95. Gorgonia. 640 



£ . .-• Ginann. Adr. I. />. 14. tab J, fig. 20. 21. 



Solander and Eilts CoralL p. 89, n. 1 4, 



Inhabits the Mediterranean, Weft Indian and R'itijh feas, adher- 

 ing to rocks or incrufting the Lepa& talceolus ; a foot an J half 

 high or more, and grows in a fan-fhaped ma-ner: when dry is 

 of a dirty-white or cinereous colour : bene of a iubitance be- 

 tween wood and horn, 



Antipatbes* Shrubby, with erect alternate panicled branches; bone with 

 flexuous ftrias. 

 Valent. hid. litt. p. CO I. tab. 8 jig. i. a. 

 Valentyn. Ind 4 tab. 52 n 51. ep/t.p. 28, 

 &i« Mf/. 3. /*£. 104. «. 2. /. 107. » 4. 

 Ginann. Adr. l.p.lj. tab 13, 14 / 29, 

 .AWr Z)*/k, /a^. A. Ljj 1. /. A. vi./i I. Dcnat. Mon. /. 1,2. 

 Ma/". Gottnx). /. 63. /«^. 49.^ 4- 6. 

 Inhabits the Indian and Mediterranean feas; above 2 feet high : 



horny, deep black, with a grey bark. This affords the black 



Coral of the lhop3, 



*Anceps. Slightly branched, with compreiTed ftem and branches, each 

 with a row Of florets along both the margins. 



Ellis Corall p. 68. tah. 27. fig. g. n 2. 



Solander and Ellis CoralL ^.89 n 15. 



Peti-v, perig. tab.\%f iz. Catejby Carol. 2. i. 34. 



Shane Jamric. \. p 56. n. 15. /«£ l&. jg* 4. 



Inhab't the American and Bntijb coasts j nearly 2 feet high: 

 _/ty& calcareous : &?»£ roundifh, fmaH at the ends, of a horny 

 leathery texture : when recent of a fine violet coiour, bur. 

 when dry yellowifh or white. 



Nobilis, With fpread irregular flightly tapering branches: fl Oi red, 

 fott, flippery and full of minute pores: bone ftony, 

 bright red and irregularly ftriate. Red Corah 



So.'avder and Ellis Corall p 90. n* 16 tab. i^j.^f 4. 



Ellit Cor all, , . 93. tab. 3 c;. jig. a. 



Donati Adr. p. 43 /«£, 5. Ca<v. pol. mar. I. /. 2. 



Bcnan Muf Kirch, p 2jC tab. p. 284, #. I. 



Tournej Inji. i>. 572. /^^. 339. 



M?r/* #7?. Mar. p ic8 /*2. 22 — 29 /. 168. tab.qo*/. 182, 



X 0/r £)<//<:. /a3. A « I, 2 /a£. A. 11. #.4, 



A>&8 My/ 3. r<i£ 115. A?, l — 7. 



Inhibits the Mediterranean and Red Sea ; is very beautiful, valu- 

 a^ e, and grows to about a foot in height : pores or fiorets irre- 

 gularly placed and 3 little prominent, coniiiting of o valves, 

 from which proceed the polypes with 8 tcntacula. 



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