| Veficulated CoRALLINES. 19 
which it confifts ; with the Form of its Veficles, and the Po- eRe 
lypes in their Denticles. Lge | 
Fig. C, fhews on the fame Sprig the alternate Order of the 
Sockets, in which the tender double Denticles,! containing 
the Polypes, are fixed. ; : | 
Fig. B, fhews the Zubu/i of Part of the Stem not fo highly 
macnified.) 4.) AA) Faia): Chie OTA. tx | 
N°. 16. Corallina Jfetacea, inflav arundinis geniculata, capil- Plate X= 
lamentis fingulis unicuique geniculo alternatim difpofitis. _ ? 
An Fucoides fetaceum tenuiffime alatum? R. 8. N°. 6. 
pe Sorgen via ep Ue i 
An Fucoides fetis minimis indivifis conflans? R.S.N’. 7. 
* Sea-Briftles. Mer tt? 5 dike ae og ee 
This fmall Coralline grows on Mufcle-fhells, and other 
marine Bodies, like {tiff Briftles. When they are found dry», _ 
- on the Shore, they all bend one way, like the {mall ones de- 
{cribed on the Mufele-fhell, N°. 16. Plate XI, which Re- 
prefentation was taken from Nature. Si alle By 
Upon examining one of the Stems in the Microfcope, 
it appeared jointed, like a Reed, as at 4. From the upper 
Part of each Joint arifes a {mall capillary Branch 5 thefe 
are difpofed, in refpect to one another, in an alternate Or- 
der: They are alfo jointed ;,and upon the upper Part of 
thefe Joints are placed in Sockets, {mall cup-fhap d Denticles, 
in which I difcovered Polypes, like thofe defcribed in the 
Lobfter’s-horn Goralline ; and here reprefented at 4, Plate 
XI. The Veficles in dry Specimens appeared as in the fame 
Figure 4, fhaped like an Olive. I obferved one at Bright. 
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