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Celliferous CoRALLINES. a 
NX 3. Corallina cellifera minor, repens, ramofa, tubulis le- Piste Xx. | 
“ib interdum hamofis fparfin difpofitis, fucis teftifque al- **"* | 
. ligata. | | | Biacernrc, hn 
Mufcus coralloides pumilus ramofus. Dood. Appendix, ae 
RS. 330. 2.02 fears | 
Creeping Coralline. 
This is the moft common of all the celliferous Corallines, 
adhering to moft kinds of {ubmarine Subftances. veya 
_ The Branches are dichotomous, or divide into two con- 
- ftantly as they extend: The Cells are like inverted Cones, 
and their Openings, which are round, look one Way, and 
~ are commonly found defended by little Spines: The Or- 
der of the Cells rife in two Rows joined together, fo as 
to be alternately oppofite to each other. © The Specimen 
magnified at Figure B, was found full of black Spots 
in the Cells, which, as hath been already mentioned, are 
nothing elfe but the dead Polypes. In other Specimens, 
we have obferved little teftaceous Balls at the Top of each 
Cell. 
The Joints appearing in the Angles of the Ramifications, — 
as in the magnified Figure, at E, are connected by fome 
fhort pliant Zudeli, which ferve as fo many Hinges to the 
Branches, to play to and fro freely, and comply with the vi- 
olent Motion of the Sea. Thefe Hinges feem to confift of © 
two fhort Tubes, one to each Row of Cells; and are fo 
finely united to each Branch, that they {eem infenfibly to 
pafs into the Cells of each. 
This Coralline differs from moft others in the Situation of 
its tubular Roots, which appear as in creeping Plants, to 
proceed from different Parts of their trailing Ramifications. 
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