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4> Spongia criftata. Cock' s-Comb , Sponge, 



Spongia plana com- This Sponge is flat, erect, 



prejfa ereEla mollis^ ports and tender, growing in the 

 promlnulis fuperne feria- fhape of cocks-combs, with 

 tim difp.ofitis. rows of little holes along the 



tops, which project a little, 



Cocks-Comb Sponge. Phil. Tranf. Vol. $$. pag. 288, 

 tab. 11. fig. G. 



This Sponge grows on the rocks to the earl ward of 

 Haftings, in Suflex, and may be eafily difcovered at low 

 water. The common fize of it is about three inches 

 long, and two inches high ;. but this varies much in dif- 

 ferent fpecimens. It is of a yellowifh color, and was 

 found many together growing parallel to each other. 

 When it was taken out of the fea and put into a glafs 

 vefTel of fea -water, I perceived it to fuck in and fquirt 

 out the water through the rows of holes or little mouths 

 along the tops, giving evident figns of life. 



5. Spongia ftupofa. Tow Sponge. 



Spongia ramofa teres Sponge with round branches, 

 ft up of a. atque villofa. foft like tow, and covered with 



fine pointed hairs. 



Downy branched Engl ft? Sponge. Phil. Tranf. Vol.55. 

 pag. 288. tab. 10. fig. C. 



This little Sponge is of a pale yellow color, and about 

 three inches high. It was found thrown on the fhore at 

 Haftings, in SufTex. 



6. Spongia 



