96 7 INgeaea Seaton 
Z(G H A P. VII. 
Of the Englifh Corals. 
HE Definition, that Ray gives us in his Synop/s, of 
Coral, is this, that itis a kind of Plant almoft tony, 
branched like a Shrub without Leaves, and with no vifible 
Pores. inte 
Platexxvit.N°, 1. Corallium pumilum album, fere lapideum, ramofum. 
8 Corallium album pumilum noftras. R. 8. p. 32. 
Jfs. Linzi Genera. 974. | ; 
This confifts of fhort irregular Ramifications of a chalky 
Appearance, and ftony Subftance (See Fig. c, N*% 1). But, 
when highly magnified, appears full of {mall Pores, not .un- 
like thofe in Fig. B, Plate XXIV. - | 
Great Quantities of this Kind are dredged up near Fa/- | 
mouth, and ufed by the Inhabitants, with Succefs, to manure 
their Land. See the Obfervations on this Coral in Ray’s Sy- 
nopfis, under this Article. 
I lately received fome Specimens of a faint purple, or livid 
red Colour, that had been dragged up in the Nets of the 
Herring-Fifhers, near the Ifle of Man; as alfo from Ireland, 
{ome Specimens of this Genus, refembling a Bunch of very 
{mall Grapes of a whitifh Colour. 
plaexxvir,No. 2. Corallium cretaceum lichenoides. | 
Be 42 Corallium maritimum caleariis rupibus adnafcens. Mor. 
H. Ox. HI. p. 651. 
Chalky Coral, fhaped like Liyerwort. 
This chalky Incruftation is found in great Plenty on the 
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