8 2 G O R G O N I A. 



< eight claws each. They are 

 placed in irregular rows on 

 each fide. It is fupported by 

 a black horny bone. 



Tab. 12. Fig. 2. 3. 



This Sea-Shrub grows a foot high, and makes a mofl 

 beautiful appearance with its bright purple flefh and white 

 polypes. It was taken up alive, and immerfed in fpirits 

 hy John Greg, Efq. of Dominica, and fent in this ftate 

 to the Earl of Hillfborough, who did me the honor to 

 prefent it to me. 



Tab. 1 2. jj. Gorgonia viminalis. Spanift Broom Gorgon. 



Gorgonia ramisfuBtere- This Gorgon has loofe, 



tiBus divarkatis fetaceis roundifh, flender, and erect 



fparjis ereEiisy carnefiava y branches, with yellow flefh, 



polypi's alBis oBotentacula- and polypes with eight claws 



tis dijiichis* in rows on both fides. 



Tab. 12;. Fig. r. 



This flender Sea- fhrub -like animal was found near the 

 harbour of Charleftown, in South-Carolina, by J. Greg, 

 Efq. who fent it to me preferved in fpirits about the year 

 1762. It grows about a foot high or more ; the bone is: 

 of a black horny texture. 



6. Gorgonia muricata. Sea Hedge- Hog Gorgon. 



Gorgonia comprejfa ra- This Gorgon has compreffed 



mofa dichotoma, came fiib divided branches, covered 

 crajfa JuBalBida^ ofculis with a firm whitifh flefh, full 

 cylindritis arreEli&muriccL- of cylindrical little mouths, 



tis^ 



