WORMS. ZOOPHYTA. 98, Fluftra. 663 



98. FLUSTRA. Animdl a Polype proceeding 

 from porous cells, Jlem fixed, foliaceous* 

 membranaceous, confifting of numerous 

 rows of cells united together and woven 

 like a matt. Horn-wrack. 



*Foliaeea» Foliaceous, branched, with founded wedge-fhaped fub- 



divifions. 

 Naiur. MifcelL tab. 391, Tourn. hstr. 1. tab. 334. 

 So lander and Ellis Cor all p. 12 n. 2. tab. 2. f. 8. 

 Ellis Corall. p 70. tab. 29. jig. a. A — E. 

 Mori/. Hift. PL 3. p. 64.6. tab. S fig* 16. 

 Aa. Paris. 1742. />. 298 tab i6.fig.$. 

 Inhabits the European and Mediterranean feas, about 6 inches 



high, and adhering to (hrlls and rocks: pale yellowifn- 



brown, and porous on each furface. 



1 Truncata* Foliaceous, fubdivided, with linear truncate fubdivifions. 

 Ellis CoralL p. 69 tab. 28. fig. a. A, B. 

 Moris. Hist. PI. 3. p. 646. tab. S.fig. lj. 



Inhabits European feas ; about 5 inches long: pale yellowifh- 

 brovvn, porous each fide, brittle, with oblong-fquare cells. 



*?ilofa. Foliaceous, varioufly branched, with a fetaceous tooth on 

 the lower part of each pore. 

 Ellis CoralL /> • 7 3 • tab. 3 1 . Seba Muf. 3 . tab. 1 60. f. 1 o. 

 Aft. Paris. 171 2. ^.42. tab. 5. /?g\ 10. 

 ^<{?. Stockb. 1752. p. 118. ta£. 3.7% 1—4. 



Inhabits the European and Mediterranean feas, incrufting Fuci 

 and Sertulariae : whiti/h, porous both fides. 



*Cbartacea Papyraceous with cells on both fides, the tops of the branches 

 truncate like the edge of an axe. 

 Solandef aud Ellis Corall. p. 13. n. 4, 



Inhabits the Britijb ftiare^, adhering to fhells: of a thin femi- 

 tranfparent texture, like fine paper, very light Itraw-colour : 

 the tops of the branches fometimes digitated, fometimes irre- 

 gularly divided : cells oblong-fquare* 

 1 



'Carbacea. Foliaceous, fubdivided, with a Jingle layer of cells. 

 Solander and EM* CoralL p. 114. n 5. tab. 3 f.6,J. 

 Inhabits the coait of Scotland; yeliowifh-brown : cells large, fub- 

 peilucid in the middle, above ovate, beneath truncate, the 

 .walls funounding them appearing to be formed of a fiender 

 tube. 



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