difproportioned fize of its geniculations, which are 

 of a roundifh fhape, nearly flat^ and grow in fuch a 

 manner that each branch is commonly divided into 

 three fmaller ones. This coralline feldom exceeds 

 a very few inches in height, and feems to proceed 

 from a root or collection of filaments exadly in the 

 manner of a vegetable. It is a native of the Medi-- 

 teriranean. 



