G O R G O N I A. 



Lithophyton Americanum^ maximum^ cinereum^ cortice 

 pun&ato. A61. Par. 1700. pag. 34. tab. 2. 

 Hughes Hift. Barbadoes, tab. 27. fig. 1. 



This Gorgon was fent by Mr. Greg, preferved in fpirits, 

 to the Earl of Hillfborough. 



The fiefh is very thick, and the bone very fmall at the 

 extremities : in large old fpecimens the bone is very 

 black, and like horn. 



18. Gorgonia Flabellum. Venus 's Fan. 



Gorgonia reticulata. This Gorgon grows in form 



ramis interne comprejjis, of a net, with its branches 

 came Jlava {inter dum comprefTed inwardly. The 

 purpurea) ofculis minutis flefh is yellow, fometimes pur- 

 fparjisy polypis oElotenta- pie, with fmall mouths, placed 

 culatiS) ojfe nigro corneo, irregularly, having polypes 

 in ramis majoribus tenui- with eight tentacles. The 

 ier Jlriato. bone is black, horny, and 



ilightly ftriated on the larger 



branches. 



Flabellum Veneris. Ellis Corallin. pag. 61. tab. 26. 

 fig. A. 



Gorgonia Flabellum. Linn. SyfL Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1293. 



Both the trunk and branches of this Sea- Fan are pin- 

 nated, and by the means of the fmall branches croffing 

 each other and blending together, they compofe this ele- 

 gant reticulated form. Mr. Greg has likewife fent over 

 many fmall fpecimens of this Sea-Fan preferved in fpirits, 

 with the polypes extended, which have eight claws. 



This elegant Sea-Fan is found principally in the Ame- 

 rican feas, where they grow to three and four feet high. 



They 



