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posed of curled plates on each side, of a substance 

 similar to the plates of the gills. 



I have only observed two specimens of this 

 zoophyte, vi^hich I found in a fishing-boat in the 

 Island of Papa Stour, Zetland, the 3d August 

 1808. They were taken up from deep water on 

 the cod-lines in the fishing ground off Foulah. 

 The largest of the two specimens, was half an 

 inch in height, six-tenths in length, and four- 

 tenths in breadth. They were both attached to a 

 dead shell of Pecten opercularis, along with Bala^ 

 72US intertem, and Serpula tubularia, 



8. Fungia tiirbiimta, (Lam.) 



Madrepora turUnata, — Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 127^— 33T. ^. 

 Amoen. Acad. vol. i. p. 190. fig. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 



In the same boat in which I found the Caryo- 

 phyllia cyathus, I likewise picked up a dead 

 specimen of this coral somewhat defaced. It 

 was of the shape of an inverted cone, with the 

 base pointed. The star appeared to have been 

 concave with entire gills. It was about five- tenths 

 of an inch in height, and about the same in breadth 

 at the top. 



From its shape, it appears probable, that it 

 grows with its base fixed in the sandy bottom of 

 |:he sea, as Pallas formerly conjectured. 



