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perfwaded they will be of our opinion. I muff de- 
fer the fequel of what I intended to another day, 
which was to give you an account of the difcoveries 
I have made in the fructification of the Confervas ; 
thefe, I flatter myfelf, will fully convince DoCtor 
Bafler of the great difference between thefe two 
bodies, and that they belong to two different king- 
doms of Nature. 
I am. 
S I R, 
* Your moft obedient Servant, 
John Ellis. 
Gray’s-Inn, June 2, 
1767. 
tig- 
The Defcription of Plate XVH. 
1. The Miriozoon of Donati, or Millepora 
truncata of Pallas. 
2. The end of a branch magnified, to fhew 
the fituation of the pores. 
3. The fame cut perpendicularly through, to 
fhew the Trumpet-like fuckers in 
their cells connected with the middle 
tubes. 
4. The horizontal feCtion of the fame, with 
the fuckers extended. 
5. Ihe magnified drawing of one of the 
fuckers, with its cell and operculum. 
6. The 
