28- CELLARIA. 



This elegant little celleferous Coralline grows on the 

 Fucus minimus denticulatus triangularis of Sloane's Hif- 

 tory of Jamaica, tab. 20. vol. 1. and faftens itfelf by lit- 

 tle adhering radical -tubes. It is fcarce half an inch high, 

 but raoft beautifully formed, of a perfect white enameh 

 The three little tubular cells are fo combined as to give a 

 tolerable reprefentation of a tulip. The fig. A. tab. 5. 

 fhews the magnified appearance of it, and fig. a. a. a. the 

 natural fize as it grows on the fucus. 



It is found on this fucus near moft of the Weft-India 

 iflands. 



J AB -4. j6. Cellaria Flabellum. Fan Cell Coralline. 



Fig. c. 



Cellaria lapidea artku- This Coralline is jointed, 



lata ramofa dichotoma y ar- and of a ftony confiftence, 

 tkulisfubcuneiformibusuno. having its branches regularly 

 latere cellulofis. fubdivided. The joints are 



almoft wedge-fhaped, and full 

 of cells on one fide. 



Tab. 4. Fig. c. C. 



This is one of the moil elegant Corallines of this tribe z 

 it is about two inches high, and is found in tufts, fending 

 out many little tubes by which it adheres. Its milk- 

 white cells being difpofed in a flat and regular fubdivifioa 

 of its branches, gives it the appearance of fo many little 

 fans. The back-part of the joints are convex and ftriated, 

 but the fore-part, where the mouths of the cells are, is 

 flat. There are three rows of cells in each joint, two 

 cells in each of the tw T o lower rows, and three cells in the 

 xippermoft. 



This 



