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nigrurararius inucnitur,&Ebeno souliiaslimilatur. Sunttamennonnulli, quihocCo- ,
ralijgenusEbenuingcnuinum efle opinantur,scd in magno crrorc vcrsantur,cum_j jj^
Ebcnus lignumsitantepaucosannosab HoIIandisdclatum:siquidemin Insula qua- 1mJ,m
damdeserta intcr Iauam minorcm, &lnsulam San&i Laurentij arborcs Ebeni Syluas
constituunt.Itaqjvt cun&is maniscstum fitlocumnatalem Coralijmgri essc etiam alijs
spcticbusCoraliorumcommuncm. Hicrepr#fentamusCoraliumnigrum seorsimcm-
giatum,quodnomiuaturAntipathes,vbietiamconspicitursigura Coralijrubricunu,»
Antipathc. Hinc colligendum est has ambas Coralijfpcciescx eodem maris loco ori-
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