Veficulated CorRALLINES. 
mon; on account of the Fifhermen’s plucking it off the 
Oyfters ; for it grows upon them in great Plenty, efpecially 
on what they call the Rock Oyfters. , 
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It generally grows ere, with thick Tufts of alternately 
denticulated Ramifications, placed in a fpiral or ferew-like 
Order round the Stem from Bottom to ‘Top. N. 4,/in Plate 
Il. Fig. c, reprefents the natural Size. Tho’ the Denticles 
are in Pairs, they are not exaétly oppofite; they are pointed, 
and turn a little inwards, like the Horns of a Bull (See the 
magnified Branch at Fig. C, Plate H.). The Veficles are 
fhaped like Vafes, and are often found empty and. tran{pa-. 
rent; but in Spring they are brought us full of a yellow vif- 
cid Subftance; which, from its Likenefs to the known Con- 
tents of the Veficles of other Corallines, muft be dead Ani- 
mid 4 
3,1 
N°. 5. Corallina Cupreffi forma, denticulis obtufis, paululum 
alternis, vamulis in exigua et rariora capi 
veficulis bidentibus. er : 
Sea-Cyprels, 
This Coralline, which has a near Affinity to the laft, is: 
found in deep Water on the Northern Coafts of England and 
Ireland; and differs from the former in having blunt Teeth 
or Denticles, which are not curved, but ftrait, and more 
‘clofely united on one Side to the Stalk.” : Bie toate 
The Branches are longer and thinner, and the middle Stem: 
thicker than the former (See the natural Size in Plate III. at 
N. 5. Fig. a.). The Veficles have two fharp Points, at the Top: 
of each, and contain the fame fort of Subftance with the former.. 
See Fig. 4, Plate IL. where a {mall Branch with the Veficles- 
is magnified, with a dead Polype adhering to one of eae 
% 2 ae ey ; NI°.. 63. 
Namenta |parfis,. 
Plate III. 
Fig. a. Ay 
