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COMPACT. 
24. Gorgonia stricta. Reticulated ; meshes of the 
net- work rather lengthened, and irregular ; branches 
compressed at the sides ; polypi tuberculous, dis- 
persed, and very compact ; axe compressed, almost 
flat, and brown ; rind thin, downy, and purple ; height 
three decimetres. 
PROJECTING. 
25. Gorgonia exserta. Cylindrical, and branch- 
ing ; branches alternate ; polypi projecting ; rind 
scaly. 
Seas of South America. 
VIOLET. 
26. Gorgonia violacea. Stem compressed, branch- 
ing, and pinnated; polypi projecting, almost qua- 
drangular ; rind violet. 
American seas. 
TUBERCULAR. 
27. Gorgonia tuberculata. Stem compressed, very 
thick, with a broad base; branches dispersed, and 
widely anastomosed ; irregularly cylindrical, and al- 
most fan-shaped ; polypi placed in scattered tuber- 
cles, and rather numerous ; the opening large, and very 
frequently obliterated by the body of the dried ani- 
mal ; rind thin, of a deep red fawn ; axe brown, 
horny, and shining, formed in concentric layers; 
height from five to seven decimetres; diameter of 
some of the branches four or five centimetres. 
Coast of Corsica. 
