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I received a large ma fs of this Sponge from New Jer- 

 fey y it grows in great bunches on that coaft, but is not 

 above five or fix inches high. The pores are very fmall 

 and numerous ; the infide is c.ompofed of hard wiry reti- 

 culations, and the outfide is full of minute fpines. 



TAB.58. 12. Spongia botryoides. Grape Sponge. 



Spongia.ten£nerrima ra- This Sponge is very tender, 



mofa quafi racemofa : ra- and branched, as if in bunches ; 

 cemis cavis uviformibus^ the bunches are hollow, in the 

 apicibus apertis. fhape of grapes, and each is 



open at top. 



Tab. 58. Fig. i — 4. 



This beautiful little Sponge is of a bright mining white 

 color. The bunches are made up of oblong oval figures, 

 open at the end ; thefe openings feem to be the mouths 

 of the animal, to fuck in and throw out the water. When 

 the furface is highly magnified, it feems covered with lit- 

 tle mafTes of triple equidiftant fhining fpines, as repre- 

 fented at fig. 4. 



This was found, among many other fea productions, in 

 the harbour near Emfworth, between Suffex and Hamp- 

 fhire. 



TAB.58. 13. Spongia coronata. Coronet Sponge. 



Fjg.8.9. 



Spongia Jimp lex tnhu- This minute fingle tube- 



lofa minim a ) apice fpinu- like fponge is furrounded at 

 lis radiatis coronata. top by a crown of little fpines. 



Tab. 58. Fig. 8.9. 



This 



