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CLASS nr— ORDER I. 
SECTION XL 
Masses subpediculated or contracted at their base , simple 
or lobed. 
ANGULAR. 
31. Spongia angulosa . Masses upright, nearly 
turbinated, with longitudinal angles, compressed and 
irregular at the sides ; fibres very fine and reticu- 
lated ; holes orbicular and distinct, formed on the flat- 
tened or imperfect projection of the angles. 
Var. B. Shapeless, and almost lobed. 
Australasia ; King’s Island. 
MANY-LOBED. 
32. Spongia pluriloba. Upright, contracted at 
the base, compressed, deeply and irregularly lobed ; 
lobes flattened, and obtuse as if truncated at their 
summit ; oscules scattered, distant, and sometimes 
rather projecting. 
Seas of Australasia. 
CHINKY. 
33. Spongia rimosa . Fibrous, but not incrusted ; 
surface marked with irregular and longitudinal cre- 
vices sometimes oblique ; oscules dispersed. 
Var. A. In the form of a column. 
Var. B. In the form of a club, rather compressed. 
Australasian seas. 
