. On the Nature of the Gorgonia; That It is a Real Marine Animal, and Not of a Mixed Nature, between Animal and Vegetable. By John Ellis, Esq. F. R. S. in a Letter to Daniel Solander, M. D. F. R. S. . tion, that the furface of theftem as well as the mouth of the cells of the gorgoniaplacomus are defended by long pointed fcales, fee EJfayon Corallinesy p. 27. f. a. i. to 3.; and the gorgoniaverticillata (of which an elegant fpccimen is to be feenin the Britifli Mufeum) hath alfo very remarkable fcalesof different lizes round the mouths and on the fkin, feeEJfay of Corallinesy t. s. t. The
. On the Nature of the Gorgonia; That It is a Real Marine Animal, and Not of a Mixed Nature, between Animal and Vegetable. By John Ellis, Esq. F. R. S. in a Letter to Daniel Solander, M. D. F. R. S. . tion, that the furface of theftem as well as the mouth of the cells of the gorgoniaplacomus are defended by long pointed fcales, fee EJfayon Corallinesy p. 27. f. a. i. to 3.; and the gorgoniaverticillata (of which an elegant fpccimen is to be feenin the Britifli Mufeum) hath alfo very remarkable fcalesof different lizes round the mouths and on the fkin, feeEJfay of Corallinesy t. s. t. The gorgonia kpadiferahath a moft remarkable variety, placed like tiles, one overanother, for the defence of the mouth of the cells thatinclofc the polype fuckers; befides, there is afmall kind offcales, that covers the furface of the ftem and branches, fee fig. 12. From the Ikin we are naturally led to fpcak of theflelh of the gorgonia^ or what the modern naturaliils callthe bark or cortex. Whoever hath examined the flefliof the gorgonia, well preferved at the fea-lide in fpirits,will find, on diflcfting them, proper mufcles and tendonsfor extending the openings of their cells; for fending forth.
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