358 56. Scypha. 2. TH AL ASSIOPHYT7E. Pl.cell.aplu 
5. Scypha foliace a. Leafy scyphe . 
Thallus tubular, much compressed ; texture fine, inside 
finely reticulated. 
Spongia compressa, Fabricius Faun . Greenl. 448. 
Sea-shore. 
Thallus an inch long, dull yellow, pendent ; from its 
thinness it may be mistaken for a flustra. 
6 . Scypha laevigata. Smooth scyphe . 
Thallus soft, compressible, elastic ; texture extremely 
fine and reticulated. 
Spongia laivigata, Montague Wern. Tr. 2,95. 
Bottom of the sea? 
Texture extremely fine, equal to that of the internal 
spongy part of some kinds of puff-ball. 
7 . Scypha ovata. Ovate scyphe , 
Thallus ovate, wrinkled, tubular; summit crowned with 
spines surrounding the aperture. 
Spongia Ananas, Montague Wern. Tr. 2, 96. 
Sea-shores. 
Thallus minute. 
@. tomentosa. Thallus clothlike. 
Upon cellaria scruposa. 
8 . Scypha complicata . Complicated scyphe . 
Thallus tubular ; branches numerous, most intricately 
interwoven, and frequently anastomosing. 
Spongia complicata, Montague Wern. Tr. 2, 97. 
On fuci. 
9. Scypha cancellata. Railwork scyphe. 
Fibres in network, inosculations tuberous, with a pore. 
Spengia cancellata, Brit. Misc. 131, not of Gmelin. 
Thallus yellowish ; fibres horny in railwork w r ith large 
interstices. 
XXXII. 57. SPONGIA. Aristotle. Sponge 
Thallus sessile or pedicelled, of a compact or slightly 
lobed indeterminate form, composed of interw r oven, bent^ 
reticulated horny fibres, without any chalklike matter. 
