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Tab. io. i.GorgoniaUmbraculum. "The Screen-like Gorgon. 



Gorgonia flabelliformis This Gorgon appears to be 



fubreticulata^ ramis ere- reticulated, and is fhaped like 



berrimis teretibus diver- a fan ; it has many round di- 



gentibus^ came rubra ver- verging branches, covered with 



rucofa obduBis. a reddifh flefh, full of little 



warts or mouths. 



Tab. io. 



This little Sea-Fan is of a reddifh brick color. It fends 

 forth two or three thick branches from its fhort item, 

 which arifes from a broad bafe. Thefe branches fupport 

 many long flender ones, all tending to the circumference ; 

 thefe are united here and there by little fide branches, 

 forming together a kind of net. 



It was brought from Batavia by William Webber, Efq. 

 F.R. S. 



Tab. 1 1. 2. Gorgonia flammea. 



TChe fiery Red Gorgon. 



Gorgonia comprejfa ra- This Gorgon grows very 



mofa fubpinnata, ojfe com- flat, and branches out ; fome 

 planato corneo> came mi- of the branches are pinnated. 

 niata^ ofculis creberrimis The bone, or inner part of it, 

 parvis notata. is of a horny texture, and very 



much compreffed ; this is co- 

 vered over with a fcarlet flefh, 

 full of fmall mouths. 



Tab. ii. 



This fpecies of Sea-Feather is brought to us by the 

 Eaft-India fhips from the Cape of Good Hope, and is 



the 



