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' - !'! C °^. ° r 6Veu temperate climates. Some of these polypiers 
to ,'L e ‘I at ! ain twelfth °f an inch in height, while others rise 
to the height of several feet. 
Fig. 44. Oorgonia verticellata (Pallas). 
th ° rme ^ ^ ^ 16 ^ osom °f the ocean, it is only necessary to behold 
a 86 Sln ^ lar creations in order to admire the brilliant colours which 
orate their semi-membranaceous branches. The brilliancy of their 
s are Sln g ula rly diminished, have almost entirely disappeared 
