CORALLINA. 119 



Coralline of the Shops. Ellis Corallin. pag. 48. tab. 24. 

 No. 2. fig. a. A. A 1. A 2. B. Bi. B2. 



Corallina officinalis. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1304. 



This Coralline is particularly defcribed in my Effay^on 

 Corallines, and the figure reprefented highly magnified, 

 both with the calcareous fubftance taken off by vinegar, 

 and before it was immerfed, to fliew its pores. A diflec- 

 tion of it is likewife magnified at fig. 15. in tab. 23; to 

 mew how near the internal conftrudtion of its cells agrees 

 with thofe of the Millepora lichenoides. 



It is found on the fea-coaft of thefe kingdoms, and va- 

 ries in its color ; it is found red, greenifh, yellowifh, and 

 white. 



22. Corallina elongata. trailing Coralline. 



Corallina trichotoma, Trichotomous Coralline with 



articulis Jlirpiumfubtereti- the joints of the ftem of a 



cuneiformibus ; ramorum roundifh wedge-ftiape : of the 



cylindricis \ fummis obtu- branches of a cylindrical mape: 



fiufculis ; nonnullis capita- of the tops a little blunt, and 



tis. knobs on fome of them. 



Slender trailing Englijh Coralline. Ellis Corallin. p. 49. 

 tab. 24. fig. 3. 



This Coralline was found on the coaft of Cornwall, and 

 is remarkably flenderer, longer, and fmaller than the offi- 

 cinal Coralline, and of a reddifh or purplifh color. 



23. Corallina fubulata. Coralline with pointed branches. Ta3.2Jo 



, \ Fig. b, 



Corallina trichotoma^ This Coralline is trichoto-B. 



articulis Jlirpium ancipiti- mous ; the joints of the ftem 



bus 



