SPONGIA. 



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6. Spongia dichotoma. 



Dichotomous Sponge. 



Stiff, branched Sponge, with 

 round ? upright,elaftic branches, 

 covered with minute hairs. 



Spongia ramofa tenax, 

 ramis dichotomis ereElis 

 teretibus fuberofis fubvil- 

 lojis. 



Dichotomous bra7 / icbed Sponge. Phil. Trani. Vol. 55. 

 pag. 289. tab. 11. fig. I. 



Spongia dichotoma. Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. pag. 1299. 



This was found on the coaft of Norway, and grows to 

 five or fix inches high ; it is of a pale yellow color, and 

 full of very minute pores. 



7. Spongia urens. 



Stinging Sponge. 



Spongia multiformis po- 

 rofa, fpinulis intertexta> 

 tenerrima mollis. 



This Sponge is of many 

 forms, full of pores, very brit- 

 tle and foft, and interwoven 

 with the minuteft fpines. 



Sponge like Crumb of Bread. Ellis Corallin. pag. 80. 

 tab. 16. fig. d. di. Di. Phil. Tranf. Vol $5. pag. 288. 

 tab. 10. fig. A. 



Spongia tomentofa* Linn. Syft. Nat. Ed. 12. p. 1299. 



The fpecimens, which I have met with of this Sponge, 

 are full of papilla?, or fmall protuberances, with a hole in 

 each, from whence they fuck in and throw out the wa- 

 ter, as through fo many mouths. It is very common on 

 the Britifh coaft, and is frequently found furrounding 

 fucus's. It is alfo found on the coaft of Africa, and in 

 the Eaft Indies. When it is frefh taken out of the fea, it 

 is of a bright orange color, and full of gelatinous fleih ; 



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