THE 
BLACK-AND-WHITE ISIS, 
. OR 
JOINTED CORAL. 
Generic Character . 
The Coral having the habit or appearance of a 
plant. 
The Stem or internal part differing in the different 
fpecies, and generally either of a horny or a 
flony appearance. 
The cortical part foft, and inhabited by animals 
refembling polypes, 
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Specific Character, &c. 
ISIS with white flriated joints and black junctures. 
PIED JOINTED CORAL. 
BLACK AND WHITE JOINTED CORAL. 
Ellis. Zooph. p. 105. t. 3. 
Few, if any, of the Lithophytes can boaft a more 
elegant appearance than the prefent fpecies ; which, 
exclufive of the neatnefs of its ramifications, is diftin- 
guilhed by the agreeable contraft between the white 
expanded parts and the black internodia by which they 
are 
