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TAB. LVI. 
CORALLINA auriculariseformis. 
Class 6, Vermes, Order 4. Zoophyta. 
■Gen. Char. Animal growing in the form of a plant. 
Stem fixed with calcareous subdivided branches, 
mostly jointed. 
Spec. Char. Stemless, spreading like a Fungus or 
Lichen. 
Syn. Corallium cretaceum lichenoides. Ellis Co- 
rallinesy 76. tab. 27. d. D. 
This little elegant Coralline (for I cannot make it any 
thing else in the present system) is nearest allied to the 
Corallina Optmtia in its young or early state. It is of so 
curious a formation, that I wonder it has not been re* 
cognised as a British species before now. 
I have seen it in some cabinets, but no where with a 
name. It occurs in tolerable abundance on the rocks at 
Kynance Cove, and has a beautiful appearance, hanging 
round the sides in a shelf-like manner, or at the bottom of 
a hole growing horizontally, sometimes rising with the 
assistance of Corallina officinalis in elegant order — higher 
up like the top figure. We cannot help remarking the 
