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containing a (ingle parent animal. Every branch emitted 
contains an offspring of this parent dependent upon it, 
and yet capable of producing its like in the emiilion of a 
new branch. Others co'nfid of many fuch tubes united, 
riling up together, and encircling the defertcd tubes of 
their progenitors, whole exuviae become the fubftratum 
of a rifing-generation. 
This genus has again been very lately infilled upon by 
Dr. Pallas and others, to belong entirely to the vegetable 
kingdom, and to differ but little from fucufes and con¬ 
fervas : Linnaeus’s obfervation, however, feems quite con- 
clufive to the contrary, in his Syftema Naturae, p. 1304. 
Corallinas ad regmim anima.lt per tin ere ex fubjlantia earum cal¬ 
canea conflat, cum omnem calcem, animalium ejfe produElum ve- 
riJJimumfiL.- —“All calcareous- fubdunces are molt truly 
of animal production ; therefore corallines, confiding of 
that fubltance, do certainly belong to the animal king¬ 
dom.” What the precife link is that unites the animal 
and vegetable kingdoms, no one has yet been able to 
point out; thefe corallines, however, appear to come the 
neared to it of any produftion yet known; but the cal¬ 
careous covering, though ever fo thin, (hews us that 
they cannot be vegetables. The white mealy furface of 
fome of the lichens would induce us to think them co¬ 
vered with a calcareous matter: but chemidry Ihews it 
is no more of a calcareous nature than the mealy white- 
nefs on the leaves and bloffoms of the auricula urfi. The 
minutenefs of the pores of corallines, though as final 1 as 
thole of fome plants, is no proof of their being vegeta¬ 
bles; becaufe there may be fuckers that come through 
tiiefe pores, like the pores of fponges, contrived in fuch 
a manner as to enable the animal to fuck in and throw- 
out the water. The fpecies are as follow : 
1. Corallina tridens, the trident coralline; jointed, and 
trichotomous, or with its branches growing in a divifion 
of three ; the joints comprelTed, with three flat lobes. 
This is abundantly found on tire coads of the North- 
American illands. 
2. Corallina opuntia, the Indian fig coralline; jointed, 
and the branches divided into three ; the joints are cora- 
preffed, waved, and kidney-dtaped. Found on the coad 
of Jamaica, and the other Wed-India illands; on the 
diores of Prince’s illand, in the Straits of Sunda, and in 
mod parts of the Mediterranean. 
3. Corallina monile, the necklace coralline; jointed; 
with the brandies growing in a three-fold divifion ; the 
lower joints are comprelTed, convex, wedge-diaped, and 
oblong; the upper ones almod cylindrical. Native of 
the coad of Jamaica. 
4. Corallina incraffata, the flefliy coralline ; jointed ; 
the branches trichotomous, or divided into three, with 
comprelTed, plano-convex, wedge-fhaped, joints, of a 
flelh colour. Found on the (bores of all the Wed-Indian 
illands, particularly Jamaica. This is a mod curious fpe¬ 
cies, fupporting a broad flefliy fubdance on the extre¬ 
mity of each branch, divided into cells like the comb of 
bees; each of which is occupied by a dibind: animal of 
the polype kind.' See the figure in the engraving. 
5. Corallina tuna, the tuna coralline; jointed; and 
the branches divided into three, with fmooth comprelTed 
roundilli joints. Native of the Mediterranean Sea. 
6 . Corallina rofarium, the rofary coralline ; dichoto¬ 
mous, or growing with its branches divided in pairs, 
having round joints refembling a necklace ; the lower 
joints cylindrical. The upper part has joints remarkably 
fnialler than the lower part. Native of the Wed Indies. 
7. Corallina barbata, the bearded coralline ; branches 
dichotomous, or growing by twos, with cylindrical joints, 
and the tops of the branches ending in tufts of filaments. 
Thefe two lad fpecies feem to be near a-kin; they look 
like a bring of beads three inches long. The tufts of 
filaments on the top feem to be the infant date of the 
joints, before they are covered with tire calcareous part. 
They are found on the coad of Jamaica. 
8. Corallina lapidefcens } thesffony coralline; dichoto- 
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mous, or dividing in pairs, with cylindrical downy joints. 
There are two varieties of this coralline, one always di¬ 
chotomous, and another that fends out three or more 
joints from the fame place. They have fine hair-like 
down, which, magnified, looks like reddifh hair, grow¬ 
ing in regular whirls, or circles, one above another. 
9. Corallina obtufata, tire oval jointed coralline ; 
growing in pairs, with joints of an oval oblong figure, 
rounded at both ends, and a little comprelTed. Many 
of thefe corallines, when dried, become comprelTed ; but, 
in their natural date, they are perfedlly round. Native 
of the Bahama illands. 
10. Corallina oblongata, the oblong jointed coralline; 
dichotomous, with oblong cylindrical joints, a little 
comprelTed. It is round at the top of the joints, and 
not at the bottom ; below (lender, growing thicker to¬ 
wards the top. It is found among the Welt-Indian 
illands. 
11. Corallina cylindrica, the cylindrical jointed coral¬ 
line ; this alfo divides by pairs, with fmooth cylindrical 
joints, nearly equal. This comes from the Well Indies. 
The joints feem rather larger at the top than at the bot¬ 
tom in recent Specimens. 
12. Corallina marginata, the bordered coralline; di¬ 
chotomous, with flat fmooth branches, fcarcely jointed, 
and a raifed border. Its fibres in the inlide are extremely 
delicate, which occafions its fhrinking much when the 
gelatinous fluid is evaporated : found on the fhores of 
the Bahama illands. 
13. Corallina rugofa, the wrinkled coralline ; this is 
likewife dichotomous, or growing in pairs, with cylin¬ 
drica! joints, almod united ; thefe are wrinkled with cir¬ 
cular furrows, and the tops of it comprelTed : found on 
the Jamaica coad. 
14. Corallina lichenoides, the liverwort coralline ; di¬ 
chotomous, with the branches a little rugged and not 
jointed; the tops of them flat. This is of a Tea-green 
colour, and much (liorter than the foregoing: found on 
the coad of the Bahama illands. 
15. Corallina indurata, the indurated coralline; di¬ 
viding in pairs, with round, fmooth, and fpreading, 
branches, fcarcely jointed. Native of the coads of the 
Bahama illands. 
16. Corallina fruticulofa, the Ihrub-like coralline ; 
dichotomous, with round branches, not jointed ; thefe 
are covered with a rneally fubdance, and grow (mailer 
towards the ends. There are many varieties of this.fpe¬ 
cies, which fpread their branches more irregularly : na¬ 
tives of the Bahama coads. 
17. Corallina pinnata, the pinnated coralline ; having 
pinnated branches, without joints, and covered with a 
rneally fubdance : native likewife of the Bahama illands. 
18. Corallina fquamata, the flat-jointed coralline ; this 
is trichotomous, or with branches dividing by threes, hav¬ 
ing different lhaped joints ; thofe of the Item are roundly 
comprelTed, and wedge-fhaped; thofe of the branches 
flatly comprelTed; thofe at the extremities are flattifh, 
going off lharp on each fide, like a two-edged fword. It 
is of a fea-green colour, and was collected on the coad of 
Cornwall by the Rev. Dr. William Borlafe. It has a 
very different appearance from the officinal coralline, of 
which fome authors, who have not leen it, would.make 
it a variety. 
19. Corallina loricata, the mailed coralline; this is 
alfo trichotomous, with joints that are roundly cora- 
prelTed, and wedge-fhaped ; the Tides angular; the joints 
at the ends are like fmall obtufe lobes : it is four times 
as large as the coralline of the (hops : found in the Me¬ 
diterranean Sea. 
20. Corallina palmata, the palmated coralline ; tri¬ 
chotomous, with roundifh-comprefled, -wedge-fhaped, 
joints, having the appearance of horns on the tops ; the 
upper joints broad, and furnilhed with fhort finger-like 
lobes. Native of the American feas, and of a giddy 
white colour. 
21. Corallina 
