5B S E R T U L A R I A. 



tis baft contortisy ovariis figure of the ftomach, each 

 - ~ : oppofite to the other ; the ar- 



ticulations are nearly top- 

 fhaped, and twifted at the 

 bafe ; the ovaries are unknown. 



Tab. 5.- Fig. g. G. 



I found this little Coralline adhering by its radical: 

 tubes to a fpecies of Fucus, called by Linnaeus,, Fucus. 

 lendigerus. In the plate I have given a figure of the 

 Fucus with the Coralline creeping up it, of its natu- 

 ral fize. It was taken up at fea by an Eaft-India fliip on 

 the coaft of Africa, not far from the iiland of Afcenfion. 



34. Sertularia fpicata; Spiked Coralline. 



Sertularia fiirpe tuhu- This Coralline has a tubu-^ 



lofa paniculata annulata^ lous ftem, furrounded by rings.,. 

 ramulis creberimis tricho- and ending in a panicle, con- 

 tomis ad annulos verticil- fitting of many clofe .- fet 

 latim difpofitis^ denticulis branches, which are fubdi- 

 iernis cylindricis ccecifque vided in a threefold order ; 

 ierminalibuS) ovariis 0- thefe are inferted in whirls. 

 vatis axillaribus. round the rings, and end in. 



three cylindrical denticles, 

 whofe openings are very fmall ;, 

 the ovaries are oval, and in- 

 ferted in the angles of the 

 branches. 



35. Sertularia Evanfii. Evans's Coralline. . 



Sertularia ramofa^ ra- "This Coralline has oppofite 

 mis oppofetiS) denticulis branches, and fhort denticles 



brevibus 



