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SUBORDER II.—ALCYONARIA. 
3. Tdbipora fimbrtata {Dana). — Disk of the polyps brownish-red, mouth j 
yellow, tentacles pale yellow, loosely fringed, papillae violet, in 2 or 3 series ; | 
tubes of the corallum scarcely f of a line thick, very much crowded and i 
irregular, septa quite numerous. ! 
Plate 59, fig. 2, polyp, enlarged; 2 a, part of tentacle. — Feejee Islands, on ' 
the outer reefs. — Exp. Exp. 
4. Tubipora syringa [Dana). — Polyps pale violet, papillae in contact and !! 
arranged neatly in an even plane ; tubes of the corallum as in the Jimbriata. 
Plate 59, fig. 1, part of zoophyte, expanded ; 1 a, polyp, enlarged ; 1 b, sec- 
tion of a polyp, showing the interior; Ic, part of a visceral lamella, with 
clusters of ovules attached. — The Feejee Islands, in shallow waters along the 
shores. — Exp. Exp. 
5. Tubipora CHAMissoms [Ehrenberg). — Papillse of the tentacles arranged , 
in two series; tubes of the corallum f of a line broad, rather closely crowded 
(10 to 15 in an inch); septa quite numerous. 
Radack Archipelago, Pacific Ocean, Chamisso. — East Indies. 
6. Tubipora Hemprichii [Ehrenberg). — Tentacles bluish or greenish, in 
a simple series; tubes of the corallum four-fifths of a line thick (9 to 12 in an 
inch), rather lax, septa remote (3 to 5 lines). 
Red Ehrenberg, 
7. Tubipora rubeola [Quay Sf Gaymard). — Tentacles reddish; papillje 
in 2 series ; tubes of the corallum long, lax and large, septa often 1 to 3 
inches apart. 
New Ireland, Quoy ^ Gaymai'd.—ERst Indies, Exp. Exp, 
Genus IV.— SYEINGOPOEA.— Goldfuss. 
Acrogenous Tubiporidae, fasciculate ; tbe tubes of tbe coral- 
lum divided within by transverse conical septa and having a 
tubular axis. 
Family V.— GORGONID.^. 
Alcyonaria forming foot secretions, and usually other subcab 
careous tissue-secretions, which are separable from the former. 
