482 



U U. umbraculum, Solan der, Zooph. t. 10. 

 2. U. granulata, Espcr, Pflanzenth. t. 4. 



4. Phenilia. 



Coral tree-like ; branches short, subquadrangular, divaricating, 

 sometimes coalescing, forming an irregular netted frond ; branchlet 

 subclavate. Bark granular ; lateral groove distinct, scarcely sunken. 

 Cells large, sunken, in two or three irregular rows on each side of the 

 branches. Axis solid, hard, calcareous, horn-coloured. 



1. Phenilia sanguinolenta. 



Coral yellowish ; branches flexuose, intertwined ; branchlets short, 

 clavate, diverging ; cells large, dark brick-red, making the coral look 

 as if spotted with blood. 



Hah. ? 



Fam. 3. Subergorgiad^. 



Coral branched ; branches compressed, dichotomous. Cells on 

 the sides of the branches, with a sunken groove on each side of the 

 stem ; bark granular. Axis continuous, cork-like, soft, calcareous. 



1. SUBERGORGIA. 



Subergorgia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, pp. 159, 288. 



1. S. suberosa, Esper, t. 49. B.M. 



2. S. compressa, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 288. B.M. 

 (See Gorgonia Richardi, Lamx. Pol. Flex. 407.) 



2. Solanderia. 

 Solanderia, Duchassaing, Rev. Zool. 1846, p. 218. 



" Axis continuous, of a suberose texture, resembling the non-calci- 

 fied joints of Melitella^—M.-Edw. 



S. gracilis, Duch. loc, cit. 



Very, much branched ; branchlet rounded, irregular, striated ; 

 bark tomentose or granulose. 

 Habc Guadaloupe. 



I have not seen this coral. The Gorgonia suberosa of Ellis's ' Co- 

 rallines,' t. 29. f. Q & B, which has been called Plexaura suberosa by 

 Lamouroux, Briareum suberosum by Dana, and which Ellis described 

 as having a pale red axis " of the substance of cork," striated ex- 

 ternally and subcylindrical, "a fleshy spongy bark, with the cells 

 on all sides disposed in a quincunx order," would appear to be allied 

 to the family Annelladce : but I have not been able to discover this 

 coral in any collection. It would indeed appear to be intermediate 



