RED CORAL, 



Generic Character. 



The Coral having the habit or appearance of a 

 plant. 



The Stem, or internal part, differing m the diffe- 

 rent fpecies, and generally either of a horny 

 or a ftony appearance. 



The cortical part loft, and inhabited by animals 

 refembling polypes. 



Specific Character, &e. 



BRIGHT-RED STONY -BRANCHED CO- 

 RAL, with -longitudinal ftriae. 



COMMON RED CORAL. 



The I (is nobilis, or common red Coral, is one of 

 thofe numerous fubmarine productions which, by the 

 almoft general confent of modern naturalifts, are re- 

 garded as the fabrication of animals refembling polypes, 

 which reftde in the cavities fo conftantly feen in the foft 

 or cortical part of the coral; and the impreffions orveftiges 

 of which' are vifible even on the fur face of the hard 

 part or the coral itlelf; being generally feated at diftant in- 

 tervals, and appearing like fmall impreffed fpots, while 



the 



