ANTIPATHES. roi 



This Antipathes is particularly full of fmall fhort 

 fpines : the branches ftand out loofe and irregular, and 

 are remarkably black. 



On this fpecimen, part of which is fhewn at fig. 7. 8. 

 there are many of thofe irregular hollow figures, fup- 

 pofed to be ovaries, feveral of which lie along the 

 branches, and then are turned up like horns inverted ; 

 others turn fideways, others downwards, all of them vary 

 in their fhape and direction, and are placed irregularly 

 here and there on the branches ; they are of a brownifh 

 yellow color, and appear to be a part of the fpiny furface 

 of the Antipathes. The fame kind of covering is found 

 on the little Barnacles and other little animals that infefl 

 them. 



This was brought from Batavia,, in the E aft Indies,, by 

 W. Webber, Efq. F. R. S. 



3. Antipathes fubpinnata. Feathered Antipathes. Tab. i 9 , - 



Fig. 9, 

 Antipathes ramofa pin- This Antipathes is branched io.- 



nata hifptda^ pinhulis fe- and pinnated"; the little pinnae 

 taceis alter nis, pinnuite are full of fmall fpines, and 

 aliis (fed raris)' tra?iverfe difpofed alternately on the 

 exetmiihus*. branches: and at- right an- 



gles, oppofite to thefe, are 

 a few other little pinnae. 



Tab; 19. Fig. 9. 10, 



This fpecimen was brought from Gibraltar, and is" 

 fuppofed to be taken in the fea< thereabouts. The fpines 

 are long and fmall, and of an amber color when magni- 

 fied : the furface of the Antipathes appears to be an- afh 

 color. 



4. Antipathes- 



