250 Of Sea-Plants. Part II. 
SEA-BLOBBER. Veficaria marina. Spuma Mam Ctefal- 
p'uw. Bauhinus defcribes two forts, That,which is branched 3 
and This, which is not. *Tis a Clufter of fmall roundifa 
Bladers, almoft in the fhape of little Oyfterjhells 3 of a light 
brown colour, all over veined with Fibers, like the uter 
Cover of a Tlumftone. Which makes it the more doubt- 
ful, whether it be an Animal Body, or a Vegetable. Which 
foever, it is fuppofed the Matrix of a Sea-Infect. 
Another CLUSTER, of the fame fort, but confifting of 
fmaller Bladders. 
The ROPED SEA-BLADDER. I find it no where men- 
tion d. This is alfo wrought with fibrous Veins, as the for- 
mer. But the Bladders are of a different fhape, not with 
convex, but flat and parallel fides, and the Fibers princi- 
pally running along and near the edges. Neither are they 
clufter d in a lump, but joyn'd together, one after another, 
with a Ligament of the fame fubftance, almoft like a Rope 
of Onions 3 faving that they are all on one fide. They 
ftink, upon burning 3 fuppofed to be the Matrix of thofe 
Shells whereof the Indians make a fort of Money, which 
they call Wampanpeage. 
A GREAT SPONGE, of the common kind 3 of a flat 
Oval Figure, and almoft a yard and half in compafs. 
The SHAGGY-SPONGE. Spongia Villofa. It hath no re- 
gular fhape. Of a Texture more rare, than of molt if not 
all the other kinds. And with fmall fhort capillary Fibers, 
as it were fhagg cl all round about. 
The FUNEL-SPONGE. Spongia Infundibulark. De- 
fcribed in fome fort by Clufius, and from him by Wormius. 
Figur d by Bauhinus, without a Defcription. This here is 
two inches and \ in height 3 the Rim, near three inches 
over. The fides about * th of an inch thick. Of a Tex- 
ture far more compact, and clofe , than the common 
Sponge. Yet the Surface all over wrought with little 
round Pores, almoft as in a Poppy-Seed : in fome places 
vifible to the naked eye, but better through a Glafs. On the 
infide, they are in fome places a little bigger, and near the 
Rim difpofed into fhort Rays. Its Bafe, inftead of a Root, 
as in Sea-Shrubs, is fpread out upon a hard ftone, to a con- 
fiderable breadth. 
The Little BRANCHED SPONGE. Of much alike 
Texture 
