ROSE MADREPORE. 
Generic Character. 
Animal allied to a Medufa. 
Coral marked with lamellar ftar-fhaped impreffions 
or cavities. 
Specific Character. 
Branching rofe-coloured MADREPORE, with 
prominent marginated Ears. 
This is one of the mod elegant of the ramified Mad¬ 
repores, being, when recent, of a beautiful rofe-color, 
which fades to a paler tinge afterwards. It is a native 
of the Indian ocean, and is reprefented on the plate 
jn its natural fize. 
