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the Conick end of one Joynt is received into the like Cavity 
of another. 
A Piece of the fame CORAL found on St. Vincents 
Hock. 
(a) Muf. The Matripora, faith Ter^agi, (a) and all Pores (as he 
& P ta1 ' calls them ) and thefe only , are outwardly rough with 
tranfverfe Wrinkles. But this now defcrib'd, feems by the 
Stride more apparently wrinkl'd by the length. So that 
what he means, I do not well understand. 
A JOYNT of the lhallow joynted CORAL. 'Tis near 
an inch in Diametre, two and ? long, folid, heavy and 
white. Streaked by the length. The two ends a little 
thicker, as of Bones at the Joynts : and rifing up from the 
Rim to the Centre into a little knob 5 and this it doth at 
both ends : whereas in that of Imperatus, the Joynts are 
deeper, and one end hollow. It was given by Sig r . Boccone. 
A Piece of white FIBROUS or ftriated CORAL, but 
not knoted. Given by the fame Hand. 
The BUBL'D CORAL. Corallium bullofum. From 
the fame hand. Tis of an afti-colour $ and rough caft all 
over, with very fmall Blifters or Bubles. 
The COOME-CORAL. Corallium cancellation. 'Tis 
white, and divided into feveral Ihort and thickifh Branches, 
turbinated or knobed at the top. Wrought all over with 
fmall cancellated Work, like that of an Honey-Comb, or the 
infide of that Ventricle in a Sheep or a Cow, called the 
RETICV LVM. 
The FLORID COOME-CORAL. The Branches of 
this alfo are fhort 5 and numeroufly flouriftied. Inwardly, 
white and porous. The Surface of a pale yellow, and 
wrought, as the former, in imitation of an Honey-Coome. 
Afprigof Rough and POROUS Red Coral. 
The PUMIS CORAL. Corallium pumicofum. From the 
Perfon above-faid. 'Tis branched, of a grey colour, and 
porous, fomewhat like a Pumis Stone. 
The POUNCED CORAL. CoraUiumpuntlatum. ? Tis 
white, and the Surface pricked full of fmall holes, almoft as 
in the precedent 
The BRANCHING POUNCED CORAL It feems 
Lib. to be that defcribed in Bauhinus (b) with the Title of 
c< Corallium afperum caudicans adulterinum. The Branches 
hereof 
