WORMS. ZOOPHYTA. I3. Alcyonium. 2(tf 



branches blending together, forming an elegant kind of net-work : 

 polypes with 8 claws. 



73. ALCYONIUM, 

 656. A. digitatum. Without stem ? oblong lobed, t>f a 

 coriaceous wrinkled substance, covered witlfminute 

 papillae. 



Dead man's hand. Ellis CofaLp.^i'. t . 32./. a. A. A. a. 



Of atough fleshy substance, divided into s or 3 obtufe lobes, pale 

 reddish-grey without, whitish within, and covered with stellate 

 warts, each protruding an 8-armcd polype, 



651. A. Schlosseri. Roundish, fleshy, livid, covered with' 

 obtusely-rayed yellow "stars f the rays with each a 

 single perforation towards the end. 



Borlase Cornw.p. 254. tab. 25./. 1. 2. 



Ori the stems of Fuci : brown or greyish : rays much rounded, 

 5-1 2 on each star which is perforated ar' the bafe. 



f>58. A. Borlasii. Spread, fleshy, dark green, covered 

 with obtusely rayed yellow stars ; the rays with each 

 a^double perforation near the erid. 



Boriaie Corniu. p. 254. tab. 25. f. 3. 4. 



Found 'coating rocks from 6 inches to 2 feet in extent, with 

 about 10 ray's in'eacH star which are oblong, with a perforation 

 near the end, and a fmaller-on© beneath it; centre of the star 

 ..perforate. 



659. A. constdlatum, Spread, fleshy, reddish-brown, 

 covered with acutely rayed stars, imperforate 'at the 

 ends or centre. 



Borl Cornw. p. 254. tab. 25./. 5. 6. 



Refembles the last, except that the rays are sharp-pointed, 

 unequal, and without perforation. 



660. A. Bursa, Subglobular, hollow, pulpy, green, with 

 very thickset hyaline papillae. 



Sea purfe. Mars. Hist. Mar. p. So. t. 39. n. 69/ 

 About the size of a fmall apple, foft, coriaceous; 



661. A. Ficas. Lobed like a pair of lungs, fleshy, dark 

 olive or livid, covered with small 6- rayed stars, wi»» 

 thin full of small yellow pafticles , like the inside of 

 a fig. 



Sea-fig, Sea lungs. Ellis Coral. p. 82. U 17./. b. B. 



Bather compressed, full of clavate vesicles within filled with a 

 yellow fluid. 



662. A. gelatindsum. Gelatinous, yellowish, irregularly 

 formed. 



Pudding-weed. Ellis Coral p. 87. tab. 31./. D. 



Adhering to marine substances, roundish or branched; 



6Q%. A% arenesum. Crustaceous, Shaped like a horses 

 hoof, pale yellowish-brown, consisting of agglutina- 

 ted sand. 



Ellis Coral, p. 74. t. 25./. c. Nat. Miscell. t. 272. 

 Flustra arenofa. Linn. Trarx; v-/i 230. tab. 10. 



Adhering to fuci and shells, covered with fmall pore* disposed 

 in a quincunx, and is friable when dry. 



$64. A. conglomeratum. Gelatinous, convex, with con- 

 glomerate fipger-like divisions, and toothless termi- 

 nal mouths. 



