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Nothing can be a ftronger proof that the Gorgonias are 

 fingle animals with many heads, than their near affinity 

 to the pen-fhaped animals of this genus. 



i. Pennatula Britannica. The Britijh Sea- Pen. 



Pennatula ftirpe car- This Sea-Pen has a round 

 nofa teretiy rachi fcabra, flefhy ftem \ the midrib be- 

 polypis tentaculath ordine tween the fins rough* with 

 fimplicu minute fcales, and fingle rows 



of tentaculated fuckers on each 



Pennatula ph of phorea. Phil. Tranf. Vol. 53* tab. 19* 

 fig. 1 — 5. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1322. 



I call this the Britifh Sea- Pen, to diftinguifh it from the 

 following, which I call the Italian Sea-Pen, and becaufe 

 it is found in great plenty flicking to the baits on the 

 fifhermen's lines, round the coafts of this kingdom ; efpe- 

 cially when they make ufe of mufcles to bait their hooks. 

 Great numbers have been* taken on the coaft of Scotland^ 

 efpecially near Aberdeen. 



They arc of a bright red color, and have the property^ 

 with the reft, of Alining in the dark, in amoft remarkable 

 manner, like the Italian Sea-Pen. 



2. Pennatula Italica;. Italian Sea-Pen. 



Pennatula ftirpe car- This Sea-Pen has a round 



nafa tereti y rachi patuld flefhy ftem; the midrib is 

 verrucosa) fpind brevi broad and full of warts, and' 

 ad bafm. dor ft cujufqu£ on the back of the fins., , at ; the 

 fiwite. bafe, there is a.fhort fpine. m 



each. 



Red 



