Genus VI. Pennatula, 6$ 



1253. Verficolor — Yellow; orange; c. fcarlet — Le Diver- 

 fifie — Many Colour ed — New South Wales — Ifis Coccinea? 

 Ellis Zooph. p. loy.y^G-EiHVSir-*- T*u.BrPo7i<4 • ~TTts&i?>07ljc 



/. JM l*4*<ieL* - Cry***., or fUfu£iS re3 QrraZ - £. ?**3c/U~ J/^w 5. W 

 '* Genus V. GORGONIA — Gorgon — Gorgon. ^f^* >*-• ^ Ca fj 



1254. Pretip^— ». In the native ftate, or with the flefh on; '* 



ditto, r ^fT a fort of fpongy fubftanTe"; rTA'Targe exem- ™ 

 plar, having the flefh, on its native rock, orTwhich is a Lampas ^ • 

 Truncata, fee Species 832, a Madrepora Cyathus, a fponge, and 

 other curious adhefions ; d, divefted of the flefh, and fliewing its 

 ftriated furface ; e. ditto, with long branches ; /~. divefted of the 

 flefli, and exhibiting the furface ftriatcd and -Angularly pun&ured; 

 g. ditto., with many branches, on which is a fmaller piece, which 

 has by fome accident been detached from its nativefituation, and 



lodged on it; the parts which touch are united Jaj^the ^ml^f^tfrux^n irmty,*? 1 

 h. a capital exemplar, having part of the flefli on ; /. three illuf- fjiz. &a 



trations of the manner of growth of this fpecies, viz. 1. exhibits w^e^/^ W^r> 

 the accretion of the bone by a fucceflion of laminae ; 2. On c <^e. 

 a fheli mewing the manner of forming its bafe ; 3. Having 

 for a bafe the bone or Item of an old Gorgon, which the jmheemm (Oxmx£> 



over- run; k. poliihed ; 1. deep red; 2. pale red; /. a white 

 variety ?* Extremely fcarce — Le Corail Rouge — Red Coral — * Jvtsr* *f c*m* 

 Mediterranean — Ifis Nobilis Linn. Gorgonia Pretiofa Ellis «^«^ J> 

 Zooph. p. 90. 



1255. Nigra — a. The bone; this is commonly called Black 

 Coral — Le Noir — Black — Mediterranean. J^tCf^l^je^ /istr&hK? 



1256. Juncea — La Forme de Jonc, ou Le Fouet Marin — Rum- 

 like, or Orange coloured Sea- Whip — Weft Indies — Gorgonia 

 Juncea Ellis Zooph. p. 81. Very rare. This is near eight feet 

 in length. 



1257. Muricata — a. The bone, or ftem, with two oyfiers ad- 

 hering to it — Le Raboteux — Muricated — Weft Indies. 



1258. Abietina — Le Sapin — Fir-like — Guinea — Rare. This is 

 formed on a fhell. 



1259. Papiliofa — L'Orange Courgeonnee— Shagreened Orange 

 —Very fcarce. This is on its native rock a coarfe kind of ftone. 



1260. Plumofa — Le Plumet — Feather — Weft Indies — Gorgonia 

 Setofa ? Linn. This is formed on an old coral, on which is alfo 

 a Madrepora Porites. Ellis Zooph. p. 172. 



Genus VI. PENNATULA — La Plume deMer— Sea Pen. 



1 26 1. Spinofa — Les Epineufes — Spined — Mediterranean — Ellis 

 Zooph. p. 62. 



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