ISIS. 



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ftrong enough to withftand the force of the waves. The 

 foft geniculations then are only found in the flenderer 

 parts of the branches. 



i. 



Ills ochracea. 



Jointed Red Coral, 



Iiis ftirpe erofo-Jlriata This Ifis has a ftony ftem, 



lapidea rubra dichotoma irregularly channelled, as if 



explanata ramofijjima ar- eaten into ; the branches are 



ticulata^ geniculis nodofis many, dichotomous, and fpread 



fpongiofis fulvis, came/la- out; the joints are connected 



vefcentej ofculis Jlellatis y by deep yellow fpongy knobs. 



polypos oclotentaculatos ob- The flefh is of a pale yellow, 



ducentibus. full of ftarry mouths, that co- 

 ver polypes with eight claws. 



Red Coral from the Eaji Indies. Ellis Philof. Tranf* 

 Vol. 50. pag. 189. tab. 3. 



Ifis ochracea. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed.,12. pag. 1287. 



This beautiful Ifis is found in the Eaft-Indian Oceaa 

 among the fpice iflands. It is fo very liable to fall to 

 pieces, when dry, that good fpecimens of it are very rare. 

 There is likewife a variety of it, whofe ftony part and flefh 

 are quite white ; but the fpongy geniculations are of a 

 brownifh yellow. 



2. Ifis Hippuris. 



Ifis Jlirpe articulata la- 

 pidea, ramulis f par fits ^ ojfe 

 articulis cylindricis lapideis 

 albis fulcatiS) internodiis 

 cornets nigris conjlriclis 



Black and White jointed Coral. Tab. 3. 



Fig. 1 — 5 



This Ifis has a jointed ftony 

 ftem, which rifes into many 

 loofe branches. The bone or 

 fupport of the animal confifts 

 of white, cylindrical, ftony, 

 P connexis^ 



