are united. It is to be obferved, however, that this 
beautiful appearance is very different from that of the 
fame coral in its natural flate ; in which it is coated 
over by a foft or fpongy whitifh part, thickly marked 
with fmall foramina, which in the recent Lithophyte 
are the habitations of fo many animals refembling po¬ 
lypes ; the fuppofed fabricators of the coral. The Ifis 
Hippuris is produced in feveral parts of the world, but 
is chiefly found in the Indian Teas. It is found of vari¬ 
ous fizes, from a few inches to nearly two feet in 
height. 
