. 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. . M,z>>r, X . J Mr. ELLIS on the Gorgdnia. 17 forth from thence their polype fuckers ki fearch of food;for drawing them in fuddenly, and contracting the^A//?^-ter mufcles of thefe ftarry cells, in order to fecure thefetender parts from danger; and likewife that there is, aswe have already mentioned, proper fecretory duds, tofurnifh and depofit the ojjeous matter, for the fupply ofthe bone, bo
. 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. . M,z>>r, X . J Mr. ELLIS on the Gorgdnia. 17 forth from thence their polype fuckers ki fearch of food;for drawing them in fuddenly, and contracting the^A//?^-ter mufcles of thefe ftarry cells, in order to fecure thefetender parts from danger; and likewife that there is, aswe have already mentioned, proper fecretory duds, tofurnifh and depofit the ojjeous matter, for the fupply ofthe bone, both of the ftem and branches as well as thebafe, to fecure its ftation with firmnefs, amidft the boifte-rous element where it is appointed to be. That thereare ovaries in thefe animals is without doubt; for in mod:of thofe that were fent to me preferved in fpirits, theeggs were very vifible upon making longitudinal fec-tions in the fame manner and form as in the alcyoniumdigitatum^ called dead mans band^ fee PhilofophicalTranfa6tionsj vol. LIII. tab. xx. fig. 11. but muchlarger; and it is very probable, many of thefe animalsare viviparousy as we have feen among tYitfertuIaria. So that I muft co
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