Genus VI. Pennatuea. 
12^3. Verfi color — a. Yellow; orange ; c. fcarlet — Le Diver- 
fifie — Many Coloured — New South Wales — Ills Coccinea? 
Ellis Zooph. p. 107. CE-N&S IY. Tt/£I T?OTLA . 
- d , ov^id^cS red go-y’-eZ, f. 9/Yit^j . A^c-uO AA/n^f , a , 
Genus V. GORGONIA — Gorgon — Gorgon, 
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1254. Pretiofa — a. In the native ftate, or with the flelhoji’^^^ 
b. ditto, formed on a fort of fpongy fubftance ; c. A large exem- 
plar, having the flefh, on its native rock, on which is a Lampas 
Truncata, fee Species 832, a Madrepora Cyat’nus, a fponge, and 
other curious adhefions; d. diverted of the flefh, and fhewing its 
ftriated furface ; e. ditto, with long branches ; f. diverted of the 
fielli, and exhibiting the furface ftriated and Angularly pun&ured ; 
g. ditto, with many branches, on which is a fmaller piece, which 
has by fome accident been detached from its native flotation, and 
lodged on it ; the parts which touch are united by the polypes j 
h. a capital exemplar, having part of the flefh on ; i, three illuf- 
trations of the manner of growth of this fpecies, viz. 1. exhibits 
the accretion of the bone by a fucceflion of laminae; 2. On 
a fliell {hewing the manner of forming its bafe; 3. Having 
for a bafe the bone or ftem of an old Gorgon, w'hich the polypes 
have over-run; k. poliftied ; 1. deep red; 2. pale red ; /. a whit? 
-variety? Extremely fcarce — Le Corail Rouge — Red Coral -=■= 
Mediterranean — Ifis Nobilis Linn. Gorgonia Pretiofe Ellis. 
Zooph. p. 90. 
1255. Nigra — a. The bone; this is commonly called Black 
Coral — Le Noir — Black — Mediterranean. 
1236, Juncea — La Forme de Jonc, ou Le Fouet Marin — Rufh- 
like, or Orange coloured Sea- Whip — Weft Indies — Gorgonia 
Juncea Eflis Zooph. p. 81. Very rare. This is near eight feet 
in length. 
1237. Muricata — a. The bone, or ftem, with two oyrters ad- 
hering to it — Le Raboteux — Muricated — Weft Indies. 
1258. Abietina — Le Sapin— Fir-like — Guinea — Rare, This is 
formed on a fliell. 
1259. Papillofa — L’Orange Courgeonnee — Shagreened Orange 
• — Very fcarce. This is on its native rock a coarfe kind of ft one, 
1260. Plumofa — Le Plu met— Feather — Weft Indies— Gorgonia 
Setofa ? Linn. This is formed on an old coral, on which is alfo 
A Madrepora Porites. Ellis Zooph. p. 172. 
Genus VI. PENNATULA — La Plume de Mer — Sea Pen. 
i26r. Spinofa — Les Epineufes — Spined — Mediterranean — Ellis 
Zqoph. p, 62. 
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