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1253. Verfl color — Yelloiv; ^.orange; <r. fcarlet — Le Diver- 

 fifie — Many Colouredj^:J:iiew_Soi^^ 



Genus V. GORGONIA—Gorgon— Gorgon. 



1254. Pretiofa— a. In the native flate, or with the fleflionj ^-f^^ST-* '^-i 

 ditto, f-r?ini 111 , 1. a fort of fpongy fubftte'??;'^ large exem- j 



plar, haying the flefh, on its native rock, on\'hich is a Lampas 

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

 other curious adhefions; d. divefted of the flefli, and fhewing its 

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

 flefh, and exhibiting the fjrtace ftriated and fingiilarly pundured ; 

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

 tias by fome accident been detached from its native (ituation, and 

 lodged on it; the parts which touch are united ^ the pniij prri^ — '~^y " 



a capital exemplar, having part of the flefh on ; /. three illuf. ^'J^:;:;';^^, 

 trations of the manner of growth of this fpecies, viz. i. exhibits 

 the accretion of the bone by a fuccefiion of laminse ; 2. On /^^^ ''^^^ ' 

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

 for a bafe the bone or ftera of an old Gorgon, which the Corai. 

 ha» over-run; k. poliflied ; i. deep red; 2. pale red; /, a white 

 variety ?^ Extremely fcarce — Le Corail Rouge — Red Coral — ^ /5iw^ 

 Mediterranean — Ifis Nobills Linn. Gorgonia Pretiofa EUis ' 1 



Zooph. p. 90. 



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

 Coral — Le Is'oir — Black — Mediterranean ■ ^WSA-Mf/u^/LtfAv^ 



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

 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 tv/o oy Hers. ad- 

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



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

 formed on a ftiell. . 



1259. Papillofa — 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 Pontes. Ellis Zooph. p. 1 72. 



Genus VL PENTsTATULA— La Plume de Mer— Sea Pen. 



1261. Spinofa — Les Epineufes — Spined— Mediterranean— Ellis 

 Zooph. p. 62, 



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