G. GORGONIA. 
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many opposite farrows; pinules almost always simple, 
numerous, long, linear, and furrowed ; polypi long, 
placed laterally or on the narrowest part of the pi- 
nules ; axe brown ; rind violet in a living state ; height 
from three to twelve decimetres. 
Var. B. American ; pinules always at the sides. 
Var. C. Hairy ; pinules sometimes scattered. 
Van D. Acute; pinules long, flexible, and dispersed. 
Var. E. Sanguine ; pinules very long, polypi of a 
deep purple, almost black. 
Norwegian and Mediterranean seas, and coasts of 
Africa and equatorial America. 
LOOSE. 
3. Gorgonia laxa. Branches loosely palmated and 
flattened ; the ramifications crooked ; rind orange-co- 
lour, and porous ; height from two to three decimetres. 
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FLEXUOUS. 
4. Gorgonia flexuosa . Very branching, fan-shaped, 
and almost reticulated ; branches sub-dichotomous, 
flexuous, and expanded ; rind rather thick, corky, 
knotty, and friable ; height from ten to fifteen centi- 
metres. 
Indian Ocean. 
SPOTTED. 
5. Gorgonia petechizans. Very branching; branches 
with two opposite furrows ; rind yellow ; polypi red, 
either simply and marginally ranged, or in double or 
more dispersed rows. 
Atlantic and Mediterranean. 
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