THE 



BLACK-AND-WHITE ISIS, 



OR 



JOINTED CORAL. 



Generic Character. 



The Coral having the habit or appearance of a 

 plant. 



The Stem or internal part differing in the different 

 fpecies, and generally either of a horny or a 

 ftony appearance. 



The cortical part foft, and inhabited by animals 

 relembling polypes. 



Specific Character, &c. 



ISIS with white ftriated joints and black junctures. 



PIED JOINTED CORAL. 



BLACK AND WHITE JOINTED CORAL. 



Ellis. Zooph. p. 105. t. 3. 



Few, if any, of the Lithophytes can boaft a more 

 elegant appearance than the prefent fpecies ; which, 

 exclufive of the neatnefs of its ramifications, is diftin- 

 guilhed by the agreeable contraft between the white 

 expanded parts and the black internodia by which they 



are 



