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and slightly projecting ; opening small ; axe brown ; 
rind earthy ; height from fifteen to twenty centi- 
metres. 
Coast of Bengal. 
GRANULATED. 
21. Gqrgonia granulata. Almost reticulated; 
branches rather brittle than flexible, and frequently 
dichotomous ; hardly any axe ; rind stony, covered 
with small polypous tubercles ; colour white ; height 
from one to two decimetres. 
Indian Ocean. 
GRANIFEROUS. 
22. Gorgon fa granifera . Fan-formed, and nearly 
reticulated ; net- work with irregular and lengthened 
meshes ; branches cylindrical or compressed ; cells 
almost globulous, truncated at the summit, with a 
round and regular opening ; axe brown ; rind thin, and 
whitish ; height from four to five decimetres. 
The Isle of France, or Mauritius. 
M. RICHARD’S. 
23. Gorgon i A Richardii. Branches dispersed, or 
nearly lateral, and rather fan-formed ; axe cylindrical, 
and of unequal thickness, sometimes compressed, of a 
consistence resembling that of the softest wood, and 
whitish ; rind thin, friable, and of a light fawn colour, 
sown with polypiferous cells ; the external polypi 
having eight tentacula, and forming a conical and 
projecting pustule of two millemctres : height six to 
eight decimetres. 
The Antilles. 
