a; 
Pie VL. N°, 13, Giralina pennata & falcata, pennas caude Phafe 
Fig. a. A. 
N atural | Hiftory of 
ani referens caule gibbofo. 
— Corallina fruticofa pennata. Barr. Palma Marina: Barrel, 
P; < a 
Icon. 1292. n. 2. eh a x ‘ 
Pheafant’s-tail Coralline, si m 
This very rare Coralline grows to the Heishe of TOorr 
Inches. The Root, or firtt Beginning, confifts: of an irre- 
gular Tuft of extremely {mall ‘Tubes, appearing like a 
of epee to the naked Eyge Several of thefe little 4 
GS Bet 
relied and hollowed a little in ane Middle. | Beek ok 
Fig, z, N°. 13. in Plate VIII. fhews thes natural Ape 
ee 
ance of this Coralline with its fpongy Root. 
The main Stem i is now-and-then ramified ; ‘the Bee j 
are pennated, and the Penue, or {mall Divifions of the — 
- Branches, turn one Way, and, when go are bent like 
a Sickle. 
The Denticlestare like Guns with an even Brim, fixed in 
Sockets, and placed all on the fame Side one above another; 
the Openings, or Mouths, looking upwards. 
Fig. 4, fhews the microfcopical Appearance of Part of the 
gibbous Stem, with the Figure and Pofition of the Denticles, 
No Veficles have yee been difcovered of. this curious See 
ralline. 
This was procured from the Fifhermen that attend the 
Dublin Market ; and was taken up in ye) deep Water on — 
that Coaft, 
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