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Various specimens of woods ; roots ; worm- 
eaten wood. 
Morbid excrescences on trees, &c. 
Fruits of various kinds in spirits. 
In the corner of the room between cases 6 and 
7 j is a fine specimen, in spirits^ of the fructi- 
fication of a palm tree. 
room x. 
Nat. Hist. 
CASE 
5. 
6. 
23, 
ZOOPHYTES. 
CASES 
7 & 8. 
A numerous collection of madrepores, mille- 
pores, &c. 
In four frames over the chimney-piece are pre- 
served a great many specimens of British coral- 
lines : they are deposited in such a manner as to 
represent landscapes, and consist of the several 
species, figured and described by the celebrated 
Mr. Ellis, in order to prove them a tribe of ma- 
rine animals of the polype division, and not ve- 
getables, as formerly supposed. 
Several specimens of red coral ; jointed black- 
and white Isis coral ; some species of alcyonium. 
Sea fans. 
A great variety of gorgoniae, or horny corals. n | 0 jg # 
Sponges. 17 to 19. 
A collection of sea-eggs (ech in ides) ; star-fish 2 o & 21, 
(asteriades) ; sponges (spongiae), and other 
zoophytes, as intestinal worms, &c. 
o Several 
CASE 
9. 
