TUNA CORALLINE, 



Generic Character. 



Animal^ growing in the form of a plant. 

 Stem fixed. Branches jointed and fubdivided. 



Specific Character, 



CORALLINE with trichotomous branches, and 

 fmooth, compreffed, roundifh joints. 



ROUND-LEAVED CORALLINE. 



ROUND-LEAVED OISTER-Vl^EED, 



Ger. Herb. p. 1567. 



TUNA CORALLINE. 



Soland. et Ellis. Zooph. p. Ill, 



Some fpecies of Coralline are remarkable for the 

 very great fize of their jointed proceffes in propor- 

 tion to the whole. Amongft thefe fpecies is that 

 called Corallina Opuntia, from fome fimilarity be- 

 tween its mode of growth and habit to that of the 

 Cadus Opuntia of Linnceus. The fpecies here 

 figured is however ftill more remarkable for the 



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