G O R G O N I A. 



They are likewife brought from the Mediterranean and 

 the E a ft- Indian feas. 



19. Gorgonia fuberofa. Cork-like Gorgon, 



Gorgonia ratnofa fub- This Gorgon is branched in 



dichotomy ramis longio- a fubdivided manner, with 

 ribus crafjis teretibus af- very long upright, round, 

 cendentibut) came minia- thick branches. The flefliy 

 cea fpongiofa^ of cutis fub- part is of the color of red lead, 

 ftellatis in quincunces fere and fpongy ; the mouths are 

 difpofitis^ ojfe pallide ru- like little ftars difpofed al- 

 bro fuberofo. moft in a quincunx order. 



The bone, or inward hard 

 part, is of a pale red, and of 

 the fubftance of cork. 



Ellis Corallin. pag. 63. tab. 26. fig. P. Q^R, 



This foft fpongy Coral-like Gorgon is evidently one of 

 this genus, from the different hardnefs of the inner fub- 

 flance or bone of the animal, compared with the flefhy 

 part on the furface ; where the Hem is rubbed off the in- 

 ner part, it is ftriated as in others of this genus. I have 

 feen fpecimens of it eight or nine inches long. The 

 branches are nearly cylindrical, growing a little flenderer 

 towards the top : they are in thicknefs about the fize of 

 a large goofe-quill ; and are found on the coaft of South- 

 Carolina and the Bahama lilands. 



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20. Gorgonia Briareus. The Gorgon Briar eus. Tab. 14. 



Fig. 1. 



Gorgonia fubramofa This Gorgon rifes with very 2. 



teres crajfa^ baft fupra few, thick, fucculent branches, 



rupes 



