THE 
FAN G O R G O N I A, 
O R 
VENUS’s FAN. 
Generic Character. 
The Flowers Polypes, difperfed from the lateral 
branches. 
The Stem rooted, horny, continued, branchy ; 
flattened at the bafe, covered with a bark. 
Lin. 
Specific Character, &c. 
RETICULATED GORGONIA, with the ra¬ 
mifications internally comprefled, and the 
bark yellow (or purple). 
Lin. 
VENUS’s FAN. 
Ellis's Zoophytes, p. 92. 
SEA-FAN. 
Ellis's Corallines, p. 60. 
I he objedt figured on this plate, and generally known 
by the name of the Sea-Fan, is one of thofe numerous 
productions which are not more remarkable for the 
Angularity of their appearance, than for the different 
opinions 
