The Bed Coral 
597 
The Zoophytes were placed by Linnaeus in two divisions. 
The stony branches of the first division, which have the 
general appellation of coral, are full of hollow cells, which 
are habitations of the animals. The next division con- 
sists of such Zoophytes as have softer, flesh}*, or horny, 
sterns, and in which the individual polypes are, as it were, 
amalgamated with their common plant-like habitation. 
Magnified branch, exhibiting the Animals. Gorgonia Nobilis. 
THE EED CORAL. 
The Coral, or Gorgonia, is a hard, stony, branched, and 
cylindrical substance, which is formed at the bottom of 
