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Fl.cell.aph. 2.THALASSIOPHYT^. 55. Tupha. 355
3. Tupha palyiata. Palmate tuphe.
Thallus palmate, with fingerlikc divisions on the edge,
and small prominent pores irregularly disposed.
Spongia palinata, Ellis Zooph. 189.
Sea-shore.
Texture similar to that oft. oculata, but not so soft when
dry : pores more numerous, disposed over the whole surface.
4. Tupha coallia. Coalesce/it iitphe.
Thallus much branched, corky, brittle; branches irregu-
lar, distorted, rather comjjressed.
Spnnijia coaliia, Gmelin Syst.Nat. I, SS25.
Spongia Lycopotiiuin, Esper, 2, 269.
Sea-shore.
5. Tupha hispida. HUp'ui tuphe.
Thallus branched; branches long, slender, round, tv.'oforked,
covered with stiff hairs.
Spongia iiispida, Montague in Weni. Tr. 2, 81.
Sea- shore.
Thallus a foot long, or more.
^.J'urcaia. Thallus with short forked tips.
6. Tupha dichotoma. Ttvo-forked iuplie.
Thallus branched, upright, nearly cylindric, tornentose,
covered with small pores.
Spongia dichotoma, Ellis Zooph. IS7 ;
Lin. Syst. Nat. 1, IS99.
Sea-shore.
Thallus brown, long, two-forked, straight, tapering, becoming
compressed at the fork, but not so nuicli as t. oculata;
branches longer and straighter, texture firmer and
less woody.
7. Tupha digitata. Fius.er tuphe.
Thallus branched; branches very slender, two-forked,
fmgerlike at their tip; surface granulated.
Spongia digitata, Montague JVern. Tr. 2, 84,
Bottom of the sea.
Thallus iron-brown at bottom, above pale yellow, not so
thick as a straw, slightly compressed, tough, flexible.
8. Tupha ramosa. Branched tuphe.
Thallus palmated and fingered round the top.
Spongia ramosa, Montague Wcrn. Tr. 2, S4.
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