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CLASS III. — ORDER II. 
ROD-LIKE. 
33. Gorgonia virgulata. Widely branching; 
branches not numerous, cylindrical, long, almost 
simple, and distant at their commencement; rind a 
red lilac or yellow ; polypi rather projecting, and al- 
most dispersed ; height from three to four decime- 
tres. 
Carolina, in North America. 
FURROWED. 
34. Gorgonia sulcifera, Stem branching ; branches 
lateral, dispersed, long, and marked with two oppo- 
site furrows, which reach to the extremities ; polypi 
dispersed, and rather projecting; ciliated on the 
borders of the opening ; axe whitish ; rind orange ; 
height from ten to twelve decimetres. 
Indian Ocean. 
HORNED. 
35. Gorgonia ceratophyta. Branches long, chan- 
nelled, and nearly dichotomous ; polypi in two rows ; 
rind red. 
Mediterranean and other seas. 
SUPPLE. 
30. Gorgonia viminalis. Very long, branching, 
and slightly compressed ; Branches distant, scat- 
tered, long, and straight; polypi slightly projecting, 
and dispersed. 
Mediterranean. 
BERTOLONI’S. 
37. Gorgonia Bertolonii . Cylindrical, and dichoto- 
