674 WORMS. ZOOPHYTA. ioo. Corallina. 



Obtufata. Dichotomous, with oval-oblong joints a little comprefled 

 and rounded at the ends. 

 Solander fcf Ellis Corall. ^.113. *. 9. tab. zz. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the mores of the Bahama I/lands* 



hapidefans Dichotomous, with cylindrical downy branches., 

 Solander £5 Ellis Corall. p.liz. tab. 2 1 . g. tab* zi. 9. 

 Inhabits '-appears covered with fhort hair-like verticillatf 



down of a reddifh colour, as if the outer calcareous coat was 

 eaten off, or as if another calcareous layer was about to be 

 produced : ft??n lometimes trichotomous. 



Barb&ta. Dichotomous, with fhort cylindrical joints, the extreme 

 ones bearded at the tip?. 

 Ellis Corall. p. 54. tab. 25. /. c. C. 

 Shane "Jamaica, 1. p. 58. n % 17. tab. 20. f. $. 

 Inhabits the fhores of Jamaica: about 3 inches long. 



Rofarium. Dichotomous, with round bead-like joints, thofe of the 

 ftcm longer and cylindrical. 

 Solander and Ellis Corall. p. Ui.n.6. tab. 21./*. h. H. H I— 3* 

 Sloane Ja?mica> I. p. $"8. n. 18. tab. 20. f. 4, 

 Inhabits the Weft Indies: joints fmaller towards the ends of the 

 branches, 



Cufpidata. Branches often dividing into 4 and ending in fharp pointsj 

 joints cylindrical and united by a glutinous tendinous 

 fubftance. 



Solander 13 Ellis Corall. p. I 24.. n. 30. tab. Zl.fg. f. 



Inhabits the Weft Indies: very brittle, white, and grows in tufts 

 about 3 inches high. 



Tfibuhs. Branches often dividing into 5, joints 2-edged and united by 

 a glutinous tendinous fubftance. 

 Solander and Ellis CoralL p. 124. n. 31. tab. 2 1 . Jig. e. 

 Inhabits the Weft Indies: whitifh and larger than the laft. 



Flabellum t Stem fimplc, incrufted, with the branches flicking together 



in a foliaceous fan-fhaped manner and fomewhat 



waved. 



Solnnder and Ellis Corall p. 1 24. n. 32. tab. 24. 



Inhabits the IVeft Indies, of various colours, from a greenifh-brown 



to milk white ; fometimes of a fiat kidney- fhaped form ana 



about an inch high, fometimes expanding to a large fubdi- 



vided lobcd and undulated mafs from 1 to 5 inches high and 



as many broad ; 4em terminated by a tuft of fine radical tubes, 



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