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BRITISH SPONGES, 
a. Tupha, sp. Gray. 
1. Halichondria palmata. 
Spongia palmata, Sibb. Scot. ii. lib. iv. 55 ; Ellis and Soland , 
Zooph. 189. pi. 58. fig. 6; Turt. Gmel. iv. 659; Turt . Brit. 
Faun. 209 ; Jameson in Wern. Mem. i. 562; Montagu in ibid . 
ii. 80 ; Hose. Vers, iii. 172; Sifew. HZem. ii. 434 ; Lam. Anim. 
s. Vert. ii. 379, and ii. 569, 2nd edit. ; Lamour. Cor. Flex. 75, 
Corail. 181; Parkins. Oryctology, 46; Stark , Elem. ii. 424 
(not Templeton, Mag. N.H.). 
Tupha palmata. Gray, Brit. PL i. 355. 
Halichondria palmata, Flem. Brit. Anim. j Johnst. in Trans. 
Newc. Soc. ii. 269 ; Bellamy’s South Devon, 268 ; Johnst . 
Brit . Spon. p. 93. tab. 2, p. 148. figs. 15 and 24. 
Halispongia palmata, Blainv. Actinol. 533. pi. 93. fig. 4. 
Spongia bacillaris, Linn. Syst. 1299 ; Mull. Zool. Dan. Prod. 
256 ; Turt. Gmel. iv. 659 ; Lamour. Cor. Flex. 83, Cor all. 186 ; 
Bose. Vers, iii. 171 ; Parkins. Oryct. 48. 
Spongia oculata, Esper, Spong. tab. 1. figs. 1, 2. 
Manon oculatum, Schweig. Handb. 422. 
Mermaid’s gloves, Shetlanders. 
a. On coast of Berwick. Presented by G. Johnston, M.D. 
b. Spicula of a, in Canada balsam. Prepared by J. S. Bow- 
erbank. Esq. 
2. Halichondria oculata. 
Spongia ramosa, Raii Hist. i. 81, and Synon. 29. no. 1. 
Spongia ramosa apicibus acutis furcis, Petiv. Pterigraph. Amer. 
tab. 19. fig. 3. 
Branched English Sponge, Ellis, Corail. 80. no. 1. pi. 32. fig./, 
F ; Phil. Trans, abridg. xii. 261. pi. 7- B. 
Spongia oculata, Pall. Elench. 390; Linn. Syst. 1298; Ellis 
and Soland. Zoopli. 184; Berk. Syn. i. 213; Turt. Gmel. iv. 
658; Turt. Brit. Faun. 208; Stew. Elem. ii. 434; Montagu 
in Wern. Mem. ii. 78. pi. 6. fig. 2 ; Lam. Anim. s. Vert. ii. 
378, 2nd edit. ii. 569; Bose. Vers, iii. 170; Hogg’s Stock. 39 ; 
Lamour. Cor. Flex. 74, Cor all. 121 ; Parkins. Oryct. 46. 
Halichondria oculata, Johnst. Brit. Sponges, 94. t. 3, p.245. 
Tupha oculata, Gray, Brit. PI. i. 354. 
Sp. dichotoma, Gmelin, Syst. 1299 ; Mull. Zool. Dan. Prod. 256 ; 
Ellis and Soland. Zooph. 187 ; Berk. Syn. i. 213 ; Turt. Gmel. 
iv. 659 ; Montagu in Wern. Mem. ii. 82. pi. 6. fig. 1 ; Lamour. 
Cor. Flex. 67, Corail. 17 7; Parkins. Oryct. 45; Lam. Anim. 
s. Vert. ii. 375, 2nd edit. ii. 566; Bose. Vers, iii. 171. 
Spongia polychotoma, Esper, Spong. tab. 36. 
Tupha dichotoma, Gray, Brit. PI. i. 355. 
