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Hab. “ Coast of Cornwall.” Ellis. 
“This Sea Fan is of a reddish brown colour;” “ has i (s 
branches disposed in a dichotomous order and a flattish forab 
they bend irregularly towards one another, but rarely untt e ' 
Their months are conical, project, and are surrounded on to® 
top by little spines. The bone or support is nearly of ^ 
substance of wood.” Ellis and Solander. 
This species is found abundant in Norway ; but Elhs 
have been very fortunate to obtain a specimen on this coas < 
for after examining many scores of Gorgonim from t 
English channel, I have not seen a single specimen ; and M j 
Peach, of Goran, informs me that he has never seen a sp 6 
diner), so that on the south coast at least it is very rare. 
SEA FERN, OR SEA FAN. G. Verrucosa. “ Much ai>“ 
irregularly branched, branches spreading laterally, c 3'^ ,C j 
drical, flexuous, barked when dry with a white wart® 
crust; segments of the cells unequal, obtuse.” G®*®' 
PI. 12, fig, 1. 
Keratopbyton flabelliforme, cortice verrucosa obducW 1 ’ 1 ’ 
Raii, Synop. Slirp., vol. 1, p. 32, no. 1. Warted Sea F a ’ 
Borlase’s Nat. Hist, of Cornwall, p. 233, pi. 24, fi£ ^ 
Gorgonia verrucosa, Ellis and Solander’s Zooph., p. 39. * 
ton’s Lin., vol. 4, p. G48. Stewart's Eiem, vo). 2, p. 
Fleming’s Brit. An., p. ol2. Johnston’s Brit. Zooph., p- 1° ' 
pi. xxv., fig. 1. 
Hab. Abundant along the whole of the south coa 
Pednankern-rock, Mount’s bay. Borlase. 
St. Georgii prope West-low co mi tat us Cornub.” 
Every where common. ^ ’ 
The general appearance of this species is such, thrj^j 
cannot fail to be immediately recognized. Yet difl er 
specimens differ so much among themselves that some aulb^, 
have constituted them different species; the G. Fem* c a, 
and Viminalis of Sowerby. Having specimens of 
marked by Mr. Sowerby, 1 have been enabled to ^ 
them under very favourable circumstances. Having comP? 9 , 
together upwards of seventy specimens of each, of all s ' y 
I am inclined to agree with Fleming and Johnston that 1 
are but variations of the same species. ^jiy 
Its form is arborescent, stout, and fail-shaped ; ext etD a0 i 
it is fleshy, of a beautiful red flesh tint, tubercular ^jy 
marked with star-shaped depressions; internally it is de *s i5, 
horny, with a minute central pith traversing the horny gl ), 
It varies in height to twelve inches; iD breadth to seven^ji 
M hen living, the external fleshy crust is soft, and of a ^ ot 
tint; when dead it becomes dry, calcareous, friable aIJ ^[pf 
yellowish or diity white colour. The prominent tuber® 
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