i2o CORALLINA. 



bus cuneiformibus, ex apice are wedge-fhaped and two- 

 utriufquelateris proliferis: - edged, fending out fmall 

 ramulis brevibus fubula- pointed branches from the top 

 /is ; articulis teretibus, of each of their fides, with 



round joints. 



Tab. 2i. Fig. b. B. 



The appearance of this Coralline is very flat, white, 

 flender and fmall, and looks as if it was Very clofely pen- 

 nated, or with fine white fibres coming out on each fide, 

 like a branched feather. It is themoft delicate of all the 

 tribe, and was lately brought from the Weft Indies, 



Tab. 21. 24. Corallina granifera. Graniferous Coralline. 



Fig. c. 



C Corallina trichotoma y Trichotomous Coralline with 



articulis Jlirpium compref- the joints of the ftem com- 

 (is cuneiformibus'y ramulo- preffed and wedge-fhaped : 

 rum fubteretibus^ ovariis thofe of the branches roundifh; 

 ovalibus pedunculatis op- from thefe the egg-fhaped ova- 

 pofitis interdum proliferis, ries with ftalks grow oppofite 



to each other, and are fome- 

 times proliferous. 



Tab. 21, Fig. c. C. 



This differs from all the other trichotomous Corallines, 

 in having proliferous ovaries, or branches growing out of 

 them, bearing other ovaries. It is of a fea-green color 

 and ilender texture. 



It was found on the coaft of Africa, in the Mediterra- 

 nean Sea, 



25. Corallina 



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