BRITISH SPONGES. 
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9. Halichondria fruticosa. 
Spongia fruticosa, Montagu in Wern. Mem. ii. 112. pi. 14. figs. 3, 
4 ; Gray , Brit. PI. i. 360; Grant in Edin. New Phil. Journ. ii. 
139. pi. 2. fie;. 10; the spiculum copied in Blainv s Actinol. 
pi. 94. fig. 10. 
Halichondria fruticosa, Flem. Brit. Anim. 522 ; Johnston , Br. 
Spon. p. 104. t. 14. fig. 1, p. 245. 
Spongia crispata, Esper, Spong. tab. 37- fig. 1-3 ? 
Spongia licheniformis, Lam. Anim. s. Vert. ii. 354, 2nd edit. ii. 
543?; Lamour. Cor. Flex. 22, Corall. 153? 
a. “ Cornwall, J. Couch, Esq. 55 Presented by G. John- 
ston, M.D. 
h. Washed. Presented by G. Johnston, M.D. 
c. ? Washed. Presented by G. Johnston, M.D. 
d. Spicula of 5, in Canada balsam. Prepared by J. S. Bower- 
bank, Esq. 
b. Tragqs, sp. Schweig. 
10. Halichondria infundibuliformis. 
Spongia infundibuliformis, Petiv. Pterogr. Amer. tab. 19. fig. 6? 
Spongia infundibuliformis, Linn. Syst. 1296 ; Mull. Zool. Dan. 
Prod. 256. no. 3085 ; Esper , Spong. tab. 57. figs. 1, 2 ; Jame- 
son in Wern. Mem. i. 562; Turt. Gmel. iv. 657; Stew. Elem. 
ii. 433; Bose. Vers, iii. 168; Montagu in Wern. Mem. ii. 103; 
Gray, Brit. PI. i. 359. 
Spongia? crateriformis, Pall. Elench. 386. 
Spongia calyciformis, Lam. Anim. s. Vert. ii. 365, 2nd edit. ii. 555. 
Spongia Pocillum, Lamour. Cor. Flex. 45, Corall . 166 (not Mull, 
et Fabric.). 
Halichondria infundibuliformis, Flem. Brit. Anim. 524 ; Johnst. 
Brit. Spong. p. 105. pi. 6. fig. 3, p. 246. 
a. Br. Sp. t. 6. f. 3. Cumbra, Bev. D. Landsborough. 
Presented by G. Johnston, M.D. 
b. Spicula of a, Canada balsam. Prepared by J. S. Bower- 
bank, Esq. 
11. Halichondria ventilabrum. 
Sea-fan Sponge, Ellis in Phil. Trans, abridg. xii. 261. p. 7- fig. H. 
Spongia ventilabrum, Linn. Syst. 1296 ; Mull. Zool. Dan. Prod. 
255; Ellis and Soland. Zooph. 188; Turt. Gmel. iv. 656; 
Jameson in Wern. Mem. i. 561 ; Montagu in ibid. ii. 105 ; Stew. 
Elem. ii. 433 ; Bose. Vers, iii. 167 ; Stark, Elem. ii. 424 ; Grant 
in Edin. New Phil. Journ. i. 349, and ii. 122. pi. 2. fig. 5, co- 
pied in Blainv. Atlas, pi. 94. fig. 5. 
Halichondria ventilabrum, Johnst. B. Sponges, 107. t. 7, p- 246. 
Spongia ventilabriformis. Gray, Brit. PI. i. 359. 
Halichondria ventilabra, Flem. Brit. Anim. 523 ; Thompson in 
Ann. Nat. Hist. v. 254 ; Bellamy’s South Devon, 268. 
