G. GORGONIA. 
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FLAT. 
28. Gorgon i A placomus . Branching, rarely ana- 
stomosed ; polypi projecting, conical, and upright. 
Var. B. Branches almost compressed. 
Mediterranean and Indian seas. 
FORKED. 
29. Gorgonia furcata. Branching, dichotomous, 
and cylindrical ; branches diverging, variously curved, 
and nearly lateral ; polypi tuberculous, dispersed, and 
discernible ; axe brown, and cylindrical ; rind whitish, 
and rather thin ; height from fifteen to twenty centi- 
metres. 
Mediterranean. 
AMARANTH. 
30. Gorgonia amaranthoides. Branching, and 
almost fan-shaped ; branches cylindrical, lateral, and 
thinly dispersed ; tubercles numerous, obtuse, and 
dispersed ; axe brown ; rind whitish ; height from fif- 
teen to twenty centimetres. 
warty. 
31. Gorgonia verrucosa. Branches in two rows, 
and flexuous ; polypi projecting. 
Mediterranean, and other seas. 
Note. Colour bright orange in a living state. 
CITRON-COLOUR. 
32. Gorgonia citrina. Stem branching ; branches 
numerous, short, and almost cylindrical, rind either 
yellow, or a yellowish white, or greyish ; polypi pro- 
jecting, and rather scattered than regularly disposed ; 
height about six centimetres. 
America. 
