5 Natural Hiftory of 
other Veficles; from thefe proceed two fine pointed Hairs, 
which finifhes this beautiful minute Coralline. There feems 
to be a great Affinity between this and the crefted Coralline ; 
tho’, from the whole of its Appearance, there feems juft Rea- 
fon to make it a diftinét Species. me 
~The Veficles, on the ftricteft Examination, appear to ene 
no Opening into them. | 
Ne. 8. Fig. g, is the natural Appearance, but in general 
the T ufts are fuller. : | 
Fig. G, is a {mall Sprig, with the double Row of Veficles 
Me magnified. 
| Plate XXIV.N°. 9. Corallina plumofa nivea, fuco minimo, tereti adnafcens. 
| Fig... 
- Snow-white downy Coralline. _ 
_ Among fome uncommon Corallines, which I receiyed — 
from my worthy Friend the Reverend Mr. Borla/e, near 
Penzance in Cornwall, 1 met with this moft curious minute 
one,. adhering to a Fucus, At firft I took it for fome white 
Down of Feathers; but, upon Examination, I found it to be 
an articulated Coralline, with the Joints united by Zudz/z, as 
perfect as in the larger Kinds. 
Fig. 4, N°. 9. Plate XXIV. is the natural Size of it, ad- 
hering to a Piece of a Fucus. wea 
Fig. Hf, is the magnified Appearance of feveral Pieces: of 
the Coralline, faftened by fmall Globules to the Fibres of the — 
Fucus, likewife magnified. From thefe Globules rife 3 or 4 
cylindrical Joints. 
Fig. H 1, exprefles the Globule and Joints magnified 
higher. The whole Surface appears here to be covered over — 
with hollaw Squares. 
Obfer- 
