WORMS. 2:OOPHYTA. loo. Corallina. 
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h<tamata. Trichotomousy the joints of the flem roundty-compreiTecl 
and wedge-fliaped, thofe of the branches flatly com- 
prefTed, terminal ones flattilh and lharply 2-edged. 
EUis Coralt. p. 47. tah. fig c. C. 
Inhabits the Britijh Coajisi fea green, 
TrichomotouS, with comprelfed fomewhat convex wedge- 
fliaped joints with angular fides, the terminal ones' 
with fmall obtufe lobes, 
Sclander tsf EUis Corail. 1 1 7. «. 1 9. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean, 4 times as thick as C, officinalis, 
^olmata. Trichotoraous, with comprelfed fomewhat convex wedge-- 
fliaped joints (lightly toothed at the tip, the extreme ones 
broad and often furniflied with Ihort finger-like lobes, 
Sclander and Ellis Corail. p. 1 1 8. tab. 21. fig, a. A, 
Inhabits the Atnerkan feas : gloify white. 
'^longaia, Trichotomous, with the joints of the Item roundifli Wedge- 
fliaped, thofe of the branches cylindrical, the extreme 
ones a little obtufe and fome of them capitate. 
Ellis Corail- p. 49, tab. 24. fig 3.. 
Inhabits the Camijh Coad, reddifli or purplilh; very ilender and 
longer and fmaller than C. officinalis. 
^'^Aata, TrichomotouS, w'ith the joints of the Hern wedge-fliaped 
and 2-edged, fending out fmall pointed branches from 
the top of each of their fides, with round joints, 
Solander ^ Ellts Corail. / 1 1 9. tab. 2 1 . b. B. 
Inhabits it\z IVell Indies : flat, white, fmall, flender, appearing as 
if clofely feathered, and is the moft delicate of all the tribe. 
'^'^nlfera. Trichotomous, with the joints of the flem comprelfed 
wedge-thaped, thofe of the branches roundilh and 
furnilhed with ojjpofite ovate ovaries feated on fmall 
nedicles. 
Solander and Ellis C-orall.p. 1 20. tah. 2 1 c. C. 
Inhabits the Mediterranean and African leas: lea-green and of a 
fine flmder texture. 
*^£icinalis Doubly pinnate and fometimes trichotomous, with the joints 
of the flem (omewliat wedge-fliaped or turbinate, thofe 
of the branches round, Idme of the terminal ones ca- 
pitate. r., , , 
Shanu Natur. Mifcell. tab. I ^8. Pluk. phjtogr. tab. 48./, 4. 
Ellis Corail. p. 48. tab. 24./, a. A, A I. B, B l. d 2. 
