WORMS. ZOOPHYTA. loo. Corallina. 



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*Squamata. TrichotomoiiSj the joints of the ftem roundly-comprefTed 

 and wedge-fhaped, thofe of the branches flatly com- 

 prefTed, terminal ones flattifh and fharply 2-edged. 



Ellis Cor all p-^J. tab. 24, fig. c C. 



Inhabits the Britijh Goafs; Tea green. 



loricata, Trichomotous, with comprefTed fomcwhat convex wedge- 

 fhaped joints with angular fides, the terminal ones 

 with fmall obtufe lobes. 



S lander & Ellis Cor all. p. 117. n. 19. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean t 4 times as thick as C. officinalis. 



Palmata. Trichotomous, with comprefTed fomewhat convex wedge- 

 fhaped joints (lightly toothed at the tip, the extreme ones 

 broad and often furnifhed with fhort finger-like lobes. 

 So lander and Ellis Cor all. p. 118. tab. 21. Jig**, A< 

 Inhabits the American feas : gloffy white. 



*Elongata, Trichotomous, with the joints of the ftem roundifh wedge- 

 fhaped, thofe of the branches cylindrical, the extreme 

 ones a little obtufe and fome of them capitate. 

 Ellis Corals p. 49, tab. 24. fig 3. 



Inhabits the Cornijh Coafl ', reddifh or purplifh j very ilender and 

 Jongcr and fmaller than C. officinalis. 



Subulata, Trichomotous, with the joints of the ftem wedge-fhaped 

 and 2-edged, fending out fmall pointed branches from 

 the top of each of their fides, with round joints. 

 Solan der & Ellis Cor all. p \ 19. tab 21 . b. B. 

 Inhabits the Wed Indies : fiat, white, fmall, flender, appearing as 

 if clofely feathered, and is the moil delicate of all the tribe. 



Grant/era*. Trichotomous, with the joints of the ftem comprefTed 

 wedge-fhaped, thofe of the branches roundiih and 

 furniihed with oppofite ovate ovaries feated on fmall 

 pedicles. 



Solander and Ellis CoralLp. 120. tab. zi. c. C. 



Inhabits the Mediterranean and African feas: fea-green and of a 

 fine flender texture,' 



• Officinalis Doubly pinnate and fometimes trichotomous, with the joints 

 at the item fomewhat wedge-fhaped or turbinate, thofe 

 of (he branches round, fome of the terminal ones ca~ 

 pi.-ate. 

 Ska*w kVatur. Mi/cell, tab, 158. Pluk.pbytogr. tab. 48./*. 4. 

 $lUs Corall. p. 48. tab% z\.f. a. A. A 1. B, £ 1. B 2. 



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