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CLASS IIL— ORDER II. 
NECKLACE-FORMED. 
48. Gorgonia moniliformis . Simple, upright, and 
filiform ; polypi tuberculous, sometimes alternate, and 
sometimes dispersed, with an umbilical opening ; rind 
white, and very thin. 
Australasia. 
BRISTLY. 
49. Gorgonia setacea. Simple and stiff; rind 
white and cretaceous, almost warty. 
American seas. 
SECTION IV. 
Doubtful Polypidoms , which may riot belong to the genus 
Gorgonia. 
BRIAREAN. 
50. Gorgonia Briareus . Slightly branching, cy- 
lindrical, and thick ; rind nearly white internally, and 
ashy externally. 
Seas of Southern America. 
Nota . The polypi of this Gorgonia appear very 
large ; it is in these that Ellis, in dissecting, thought 
he discovered nerves and muscles. 
FLORID. 
51. Gorgonia florida . Branching ; branches scat- 
tered and reflected ; rind reddish, and spongy ; cells 
