Catalogue of lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum . ichel. Corall. Antilles, Suppl. p. 113,t. 2. f. Island of St. Croix. 30 50. RETICELLA. Coral fan-like, branched; branches inosculating from a rather thin. Polype-cells wart-like, prominent on the sides ofthe branches. Axis calcareous, white. Verrucella, § 1, Milne-Edw. ^ Haime, Corall. i. p. 184. The sections are wrongly placed in Milne-Edwazds and Haimes Coralliaires, i. p. 184. 122. Reticella flexuosa. Coral very much branched, fan-shaped, yellow brown; branchessometimes coale
Catalogue of lithophytes or stony corals in the collection of the British Museum . ichel. Corall. Antilles, Suppl. p. 113,t. 2. f. Island of St. Croix. 30 50. RETICELLA. Coral fan-like, branched; branches inosculating from a rather thin. Polype-cells wart-like, prominent on the sides ofthe branches. Axis calcareous, white. Verrucella, § 1, Milne-Edw. ^ Haime, Corall. i. p. 184. The sections are wrongly placed in Milne-Edwazds and Haimes Coralliaires, i. p. 184. 122. Reticella flexuosa. Coral very much branched, fan-shaped, yellow brown; branchessometimes coalescing, but generally free, rather swollen near theend; bark thick, corky, very friable; polype-cells large, rounded,placed laterally. Gorgonia flexuosa, Lamk. H. A. s. V. ii. p. 314. Gorgonella flexuosa, Valenc. I. c. p. 14; KolUker, Ic. Hist. p. 140. Verrucella flexuosa, Milne-Edu\ Sc Haime, Corall. i. p. 184. Hah. China? 51. BRANDELLA. Coral very much branched, very slender, linear; branches diver-ging, pinnate, and nearly parallel to each other ; branchlets pinnate, Fi^. BrandiUa infricafa. 5;J. AVRTGHTEIXA. 31 opposite or alternate, diverging at nearly right angles, often sinuous,inosculating, uniting the diverging parallel branches into an irre-gular network. Bark, when dry, very thin, almost membranaceous,smooth, and slightly wrinkled. Polype-cells on all sides of thebranchlets, alternate or opposite, cylindrical, short, smooth exter-nally, with a convex 8-valved top. Axis very slender, thread-like,except the main stems, calcareous, hard, pale horn-colour, verybrittle. Brandella, Gray, Ann. Sf Mar/. Nat. Hist. 1869, iii. p. 22. 123. Brandella intricata. Coral fan-shaped, expanded. Stem very irregular ; branches andbranchlets regularly pinnately disposed, forming an irregular net-work ; some of the uppermost branchlets free. Raynerella aurantia, Gra]/, I. c. p. 22. Hah. Basss Strait, Dewi Eeef {T. M. Eayner). 52. VERRUCELLA. Coral much branched ; branches free. B
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