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dichotomis bifariam ana- branches are dichotomous, and 



JlomofantibuS) fupra fca- grow together on both fides ; 



bris ports afperis ; fubtus the upper part is rough, with 



Icevibus. pointed pores, the under part 



fmooth. 



Millepora reticulata. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1284. 



This Coral is very rare, and was brought from the 

 Eaft Indies. It is very like the Frondipora of Imperatus, 

 or the little Coral figured by Count Marfigli, in tab. 34. 

 fig. 155. and 156. but more expanded; the little fide 

 branches diverge in an acute angle, and meeting with the 

 oppofite ones, grow together and form a net-like figure. 

 Thefe reticulated branches grow in an undulated manner, 

 and coalefce here and there together. It is of a whitifh. 

 color and brittle texture. 



16. Millepora tubipora. Tubulous Millepore. 



Millepora proclinans in This Millepore bends for- 



piano dichotoma^ ramulis ward, in a flat dichotomous 

 Jlexuofis fubparallelis den- manner ; the branches are 

 ticulajis, fupra poris pro- waved, nearly parallel, and 

 minulis ; fubtus friatis. denticulated ; the pores pro- 

 ject on the upper fide, and the 

 under fide is ftriated. 



Ellis Corallin. pag. 95. tab. 35. fig. b. B. 



Millepora lichenoides. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1283, 



I have already defcribed this tubulous white Millepore 

 in my Effay on Corallines, and in the Philofophical 

 Transactions, to fhew that many Corals are compofed of 

 united tubes. The fpecimen there reprefented is only 

 the beginning of one of them, and not fo compleat as I 



T 2 have 



