Gbabau. — Moniloporidae. 
PLATE 3. 
Pigs. 1-13. Ceratopora distorta. 
Fig. 1. Showing the normal form and method of branching, as well as the 
radiciform epithecal prolongations. Xlf. 
Fig. 2. Showing abnormal growth in the first hud. Xlf. 
Fig. 3. Showing irregularities of the corallites. Xlf. 
Fig. 4. With verticillate buds. Xlf. 
Fig. 5. Unusually regular specimen with cylindrical corallites. X2f. 
Fig. 6. Showing clustered branching and irregular growth. Xlf. 
Fig. 7. Showing irregular clusters resulting from profuse and irregular, bud¬ 
ding. X2f. 
Fig. 8. A corallite showing irregularities of the tube and bud, and in the broken 
portion the characteristic cystose structure. X2f. 
Figs. 9, 10. Two views of a procumbent specimen, showing the flattened lower 
side, carination, and manner of budding of C. dichotoma. X2§. 
Fig. 11. A portion of the inner wall of Fig. 8, much enlarged, showing the 
character of the spines or trabeculae. 
Fig. 12. Young individual, showing initial tube and first bud, — attached to 
the shell of a Stropheodonta. X3i. 
Fig. 13. Young individual, showing initial tube and several buds. Originally 
attached to a frond of Taeniopora. X3|. 
Figs. 14-16. Ceratopora dichotoma. 
Fig. 14. Enlarged to show the disposition of the trabeculae in diverging rows 
on the floor of the calyx. X5f. 
Fig. 15. Trabeculae or septal spines greatly enlarged, showing their hollow 
character in silicified specimens. The tops of the spines are broken 
away. (Compare Fig. 11.) 
Fig. 16. Showing an apparent double character of the tube, due to the great 
size of the cysts. Also the character of the calyx, and the pore cort- 
necting the calyx with the bud. X2f. 
Coll. Yale univ. museum. 
