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CLASS III.— ORDER II. 
NET-FORMED. 
15. Gorgonia verriculata. Reticulated; wide and 
angular meshes; branches cylindrical; reticulations 
slender ; polypi dispersed, rather projecting, and 
blackish ; axe solid, ligneous, and whitish ; rind grey- 
ish ; height about one metre. 
Coasts of the Island Mauritius. 
FAN- LIKE. 
16. Gorgonia ventalina. Reticulated ; side branches 
externally compressed ; rind red, and warty. 
Indian Ocean. 
RETICULATED. 
17. Gorgonia reticulum . Branches very close, and 
cylindrical ; rind red, and warty. 
Indian Ocean. 
umbrella-shaped. 
18. Gorgonia umbraculum . Fan-formed, almost 
reticulated ; branches very close, cylindrical, and di- 
verging ; polypi warty. 
Indian Ocean. 
LATTICED. 
19. Gorgonia clathrus . Reticulated ; branches 
cylindrical ; rind smooth. 
MEALY. 
20. Gorgonia furfuracea. Semi-reticulated, and 
inclining to fan-form ; branches cylindrical ; small 
side branches very short, some of them simple and 
others anastomosed ; polypi numerous, dispersed. 
