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“IS species is generally more branclied tlian tbe branched 
T ar, ety of T. Larynx, and usually in an allcrnato manner. 
“ e branches do not rise from the trunk at such an obtuse 
^Qgle a g j n t.i le last; the tubes are smaller, more tlense, of 
■p ^ ee per colour, and do not present such decided rings as 
’ Larynx. The polype heads are red, mouth conical, with 
^ singj e c j rc ] e 0 f tentacula. Ellis’ figure in his “Essay on 
0r allines” is very good and characteristic. 
• HAMEA. Arborescent, stem and branches formed of 
a Sglutinated filiform tubes, irregularly branched. Polypes, 
Wlt h a single row of tentacula. 
n lubularia Ramea, Johnston’s Brit. Zooph , p. 117, pi. 5, 
'>*• 1 and 2. 
On Pinna Ingens, south of the Deadman point. 
^ The appearence of this species is so remarkable, as to ren- 
j®* a fair specimen difficult to be confounded witli any other, 
j js very bushy and very closely resembles a miniature tree. 
have a fine specimen from eight leagues off tbe Deadman 
e int, eight inches high. It is very stout, rigid and of a dark 
r J°' v Q colour. The chief branches and trunk are composed 
^ many agglutinated tubes, which decrease in number as tbe 
a nches divide ; the ultimate or terminal branches are 
0ri Ql .P°sed of a single tube with one or two aunulations at the 
a r<^ 1U -°^ eac b- I have not observed the polypes but they 
a te Sa *^ t0 ^ a,re a s i n of e row °f whito tentacula. The roots 
batted together like a coarse sponge. 
SERTULARIADiE. 
p e . typ es gemmiparous, the gemmules enclosed in ovarian 
tS| stent vesicles, scattered on the polypidom. 
q THOA, T.amouroux. 
erter ic Character: Polypidoms rooted, arborescent; the 
?, tem composed of aggregated sub-parallel capillary tubes; 
inn * )ranc ^ es a l ternate > spreading hilariously ; cells tubular, 
p distinct, alternate; ovarian vesicles irregularly scattered. 
°vpes hydraform, scarcely retractile within their cells. 
J^HlNG-BONE CORALLINE. T. Halecina. Cells 
a L vasiform, contracted near the mouth; mouth subier- 
aa * and somewhat patulous. 
Il a j 0ra Lin a seruposa pennata, cauliculis crassiusculis rigidis, 
C Qr ! , Jnop., vol. 1, p. 36. Herring-bone Coralline, Ellis’ 
‘-'Oral - - « - . 
*? ^ no. pi- x# Sertuiaria halecina, Ellis and 
p. Q’jl, 61 s Zooph., p. 46, no. 15. Turton’s Lin., vol. 4, 
«o, ° ' - ' 
Stewart’s Elem., vol. 2, p. 442. Fleming’s Brit. 
’ P* b42. Templeton in Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. U, p. 4<jy. 
