T UBIPORA MUSIC A. 



Character Generic us. 

 Animal Nereis ? 



Corallium tubis cylindricis, cavis, eredtis, paral- 

 lelism 



Lin. S\ft. Nat. p. 1270. 



Character Specific us, &c. 



TUBIPORA tubis fafciculatis combinatis : diffe- 

 pimentis tranfverfis rncmbranaceis diflantibus. 



Lin. Syjl. Nat. p. 1270. 



PSEUDO-CORALLIUM RUB RUM. 



Aldr. muf. 291. 



ALCYONIUM FISTULOSUM RUB RUM. 



Bauh. htft. 3. p. 808. fig. 2. 



TUBULARIA PURPUREA. 



Toiirn. in/I. t. 342. 



lis lithophytis annumerandum eft hoc corallium quo- 

 rum fi formam generalem fpedtes, vix poffit dubitari 

 quia ab animalibus efficla fint. Conftat quippe tota 

 mafia e tubulis erectis et parallelis, alio fuper aiium 

 gradatim affurgente, qualiter fere fit in cellulis apum. 

 Septa tranfverfa quibus tuborum ftrata connecluntur, 

 afcendunt insequaliter in variis partibus, tubis ipfis raro 



unci am, 



