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Tab.2 5 . 34. Gorallina Phoenix. ' Palm Coralline. 



Pig. 2.3. 



Gorallina Jlipite fimplici Coralline with a fingle in- 



incrujlato^frondeoblonga, cruftated ftern; the upper 

 ram-is undique fafcicula- leafy part is of an oblong fl- 

 tis erumpentibus compla- gure, and conflfts of fmall faf- 

 nato-connatis. ciculated branches, which 



come forth on all fides ; the 

 leffer branches of thefe are fo 

 united together, as to appear 

 quite flat. 



Tab. 25. Fig. 2. 3. 



This very Angular Coralline was found on the coaft of 

 the Bahama iflands. It is of a milk-white color, and 

 about three inches and an half high. 



Tab. 25. 35. Corallina Penicillus. Pencil Coralline, 



Fig. 4 — 6 



Corallina Jlipite fimplici Coralline with a fingle in- 



incruftatO) ramis fafcicu- cruftated ftern, and a tuft of 



latis fafiigiatis dichotomis dichotomous thread-like joint- 



jiliformibus articulatis. ed branches at the top. 



Tab. 25. Fig. 4 — 6. 



Corallina Penicillus. Linn. Syfl;. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1305. 



This Coralline varies in the thicknefs of its branches, 

 as well as in its fize ; they are found from one inch to 

 four inches long ; in fome the ftern is very fhort, in 

 others it is four times as long as the head. They are ge- 

 nerally white. The joints are eafily diftinguifhed where 

 the branches divide-; the ftern is compofed of tubular fila- 

 ments, covered with a calcareous cruft. They adhere to 



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