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makes me doubt its being the Millepora afpera of Lin- 

 naeus, It grows to five or fix inches high, and is found 

 in the Mediterranean Sea. 



9. Millepora Skenei. Skene s Millepore, 



Millepora plano-com- This Millepore is much 



prejfa jubramofa utrinque compreffed, and beginning to 

 celiifera : cellulis feriatis divide into branches, with cells 

 alter7iis turbinates ga- on both fides, difpofed in re- 

 leatis : fauce hiante^ la- gular rows: the cells are placed 

 bio inferiori denticulo uni- alternately, each has a helmet- 

 co prcedito. fhaped cover over its round 



gaping mouth; the under lip 

 is furnifhed with one little 

 tooth. 



I received a fmall fpecimen of this Coral from my late 

 ingenious and learned friend Dr, David Skene, of Aber- 

 deen. It is of a bright mining white color, as if covered 

 over with a filver varnifh. It appears to be the beginning 

 of an elegant kind of Millepore, and was found adhering 

 to a rock in the fea near Aberdeen. It differs much from 

 the Millepora pumicofa, which grows in irregular maffes 

 with a much fmaller opening to its mouth. 



[3]. MlLLEPORES THAT ARE COMPOSED OF CLUSTERS OP 

 CELLULAR PORES IRREGULARLY ARRANGED. 



10. Millepora pumicofa. Pumice Millepore. 



Millepora multiformis This Millepore appears in 



fragilis fcaberrima y e eel- many forms ; it is brittle, very 



lulis 



