THICK GORGONIA. 
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GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Animal growing with the habit of a plant. 
Polypes scattered from the lateral pores. 
Stem fixed, horny, branched, covered with a. 
soft bark. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, (£c, 
Round-Stemmed, dichotomous GORGONIA, 
with thick, ascendant branches, and vio¬ 
let-coloured bark. 
This species of Gorgonia is principally seen on the 
rocks of the Indian and American seas, and is repre¬ 
sented in its natural size. 
