CORALLINES. 
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, 00 0g ’ Hts last century confounded all the species ot this 
genera inhabiting the tropical seas, making only one species, to which 
y gave ^ 10 uame of Tubipora music. a. But it is now known that 
co v" e man ^ s P ec ies of Tubiporae, readily distinguishable in a fresh 
th 1 10n a d ^ erence the colour of the polypes. The tissue of 
tho" S1 ° oU ! ar .^eiogs is an intensely red colour. The disposition of 
tion r ,r m the Style ° f ° rgan ^ has alwa y s attracted the atten- 
on ot the curious inquirer into the secrets of Nature. 
If. GORGONIDiE. 
Milne Edwards divides this order into three natural groups —I The 
IL The Isidians - HI. The Corallines. ' 
Ihe Gorgomam are composed of two substances : the one external, 
Fig. 42 . Fan Gorgon, Gorgonia flabeilum (Linn.). 
crufT 8 ^ 1 !! 0118 and fugitive; sometimes ; on the contrary, creta- 
’ fl shy> and more or less tenacious. Animated with life, this 
