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TRIBE II.™ CARYOPHYLLACEA. 
III. Glomerate, cells tubulate, loosely aggregate. 
Genus X. — AXTHOPHYLLUM. — Schweiggee. | 
Aggregato-gemmate, glomerate. Coralla consisting of calicu- i 
lar tubes, and a separable spongy calcareous base ; calicles prom- 'i 
inent, with very solid sides, often faintly striate; lamellae entire, ■ 
generally exsert. ! 
1 . Anthophyllum mdsicale [LinncEus,) Schweigger . — Corallum consist- | 
ing of long turbinate and often curved tubes, striate without, and hardly 2 ; 
lines in diameter, connected by a spongy mass or a series of spongy plates. | 
Indian Ocean. 
2. Anthophyllum fasciculatum [Linnaus,] Dana. — Corallum consist-™.; 
ing of clavato-turbinate and often curved tubes, rising from a spongy base ;i|| 
calicles half an inch high, a very little compressed, mostly a fourth of an inchl|‘ 
broad; lamellae 1 to lines exsert, cultriform. |l' 
East Indies. Vanikoro, Qitoy ^ Gaymard. — Sooloo Sea, Exp. Exp. ill 
3. Anthophyllum astreatum {Lamarck). — Glomerato-globose. Coral-lji 
lum with very short calicles, truncate, rising from a spumous base; lamellae 1| 
elevated above the margin of the cell. f|i 
4. Anthophyllum cespitosum (Esper,) Dana. — Glomerate, often erect||| 
and lobed. Corallum with the calicles about ^ of an inch in diameter, a little || 
compressed, very faintly striate above, projecting i an inch from a spumous || 
base; lamellae very thin, papyraceous, rather remote, 6 to 9 much broader ,i| 
than the others ; ^ a line exsert, obliquely truncate. |l 
Plate 28, fig. 4, natural size. — East Indies. — Exp. Exp. || 
5. Anthopyllum hystrix {Dana). — Glomerate; a series of bursiform|| 
tentacles of a bright green color, and others with pale green tips, which arel^ 
coralligenous and therefore erect, and enclose a calcareous lamella. Corallum ij 
with the calicles 6 to 8 lines high, and often 4 to 5 broad, somewhat com- II 
pressed, exterior remotely carinate, rising from a spongy base ; lamellae cul- 1| 
triform, often 3 lines exsert, apex subacute. || 
Plate 28, fig. 2, corallum, natural size; 2«, animal enlarged; 2&, tentacle, 
enlarged; 2c, calicle, natural size; 2c?, section of calicle ; 2c, texture off' 
spongy part. — Feejee Islands. — Exp. Exp. i; 
6. Anthophyllum cuspidatum {Esper,) Dana. — Glomerate; tentacles 4; 
clavate, color approaching purple, white at tips ; disks bright green. Corallum f- 
with the tubes much compressed, angular; calicles turbinate, i to 1 inch|, 
broad, often very irregular, lamellae long exsert. | 
