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Gn them; we fhall, however, proceed to give the 
Infcriptions, and a few Words upon each Sort. 
The firft that prefents itfclf is 
Keratophyta. This Title comprehends the feve- 
ral kinds of black Coral; the Specimens here pre- 
ferved confift of Sea Fans, Sea Willows, Sea Firs, 
and others of the like Sort, having their Names gi¬ 
ven them from a faint Refemblance they bear to 
thofe Things. 
Corallia. All the different kinds of Coral have, 
till of late, been ranked in the vegetable Kingdom, 
being thought to be Sea Plants; but Mr. Ellis has 
publifhed a Work, in which he endeavours to prove 
that they are of the animal Kind : The Matter, 
however, is not yet quite fettled among the Natu- 
ralifts. Under this general Head are fome Speci¬ 
mens of Coral fattened to Pieces of Ships, on Bot¬ 
tles, Pieces of Coin, in the fame Manner that 
Barnacles fatten themfelves to a Log of Wood; and 
alfo fome of the black Coral. 
Madrepora comprehends all the Corals that have 
ftellated Perforations. The Species of the Madre¬ 
pora are by the Naturaiifts made very numerous. 
In this Repofitory ate feveral Brainftones, Sea 
Mulhrooms, and many other Specimens, fome 
white, and others of a red or pink Colour. 
Millepora. All the Corals that have Perforations 
which are neither ftellated nor radiated, are ranked 
in this Clafs. The Specimens confift of many 
branched Corals, fome large and very curious. 
Efchara. Under this Title are depofited a Spe¬ 
cies of Coral, fome of which refembles woven Cloth, 
or the Leaf of a Tree, others Network. They con¬ 
fift of the common retiporous Efchara, the foliaceous 
retiporous Efchara, and others, fome of them very 
large.- 
Tidni- 
