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Sec. 2.  MULTISERIALARIA.  Cells disposed alternately in a double or multiple series.

1.  Articulata.

Polyzoary divided into distinct internodes by flexible articulations.

a.  Internodes elongated, or composed of numerous cells.

Fam. 1.  SALICORNARIADAE.  Cells disposed around an ideal axis.

9.  SALICORNARIA, Cuvier.

a.  Surface divided into more or less regular hexagonal spaces by elevated ridges.

1.  S. punctata, n. sp.

Cellaria salicornioides ?  Audoin.  Savigny, Egypt.  Plate 6 figure 7.

Hexagonal areas with an acute angle above and below; bottom of area pyriform, surface covered with minute transparent granulations.  Mouth of cell in the upper third, with a minute tooth on each side.

Habitat:  Bass Strait, 45 fathoms.  Off Cumberland Islands, 27 fathoms, fine grey mud.

Parasitic upon Sertularians and Polyzoa; branches straggling of irregular lengths.

2.  S. bicornis, n. sp.

Areas with an obtuse angle above and below, sometimes rounded above; a minute projection on each side near the top.  Bottom of area long-oval, smooth, sometimes with a perforation above the mouth.  Mouth with a minute tooth on each side.

Habitat:  Bass Strait, 45 fathoms.

Parasitic.  Branches shorter and thicker than in the preceding species.  In the shape of the area they are very much alike, but in S. bicornis, in some cells, and occasionally throughout the greater part of the internode, the area differs widely from the more usual form.  It is much expanded, and presents a wide arch above.  In this case there is usually a considerable-sized perforation above the mouth of the cell, as occurs not infrequently also in S. farciminoides in the younger cells, and which opening is probably normal, until it becomes filled up by the gradual disposition of calcareous matter.  What more especially distinguishes the present from the preceding species are the minute projections on either side at the two upper lateral angles of the hexagonal area, and the smoothness of the surface of the cell.  They are both perfectly distinct from S. farciminoides.

b.  Surface not divided into distinct areas by raised ridges.

3.  S. furcata, n. sp.

Mouth of cell elliptical, occupying two-thirds of its length.  Two small perforations on each side immediately above the mouth, protected by a convex transparent hood, which has a rounded opening on its under surface.

Habitat:  Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait, nine fathoms.

Forms small crowded tufts from one to two or three inches high; branches very regularly dichotomous.

4.  S. torresiana, n. sp.

Cell circumscribed by an acute raised border; opening oval, rather more than half the length of the cell.  Cell attenuated below the opening.

Habitat:  Prince of Wales Channel, Torres Strait, nine fathoms.