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of Encrinites, such as "stem," "calyx," &c., 

 — all these are apt to still further magnify the 

 error with which the beginner starts, of some- 

 how imagining that the Encrinites have certain 

 relations to plants which other marine animals 

 do not possess. 



This is entirely wrong : an elephant or a lion 

 is not more distinctively an animal than any 



Fig 126. Feather-star {Eurvalc costosa) 



Fig. 12S. Body, or centre, of Euryale costosa 

 (back view). 



Fig. 129. Common Brittle-star {Ophhtra granulaia), showmg affi- 

 Fig. 127. Eurynlc fahiii/cra, sTiowing at h, disk and part of arm nities with Enryalc falmifera. a, front view ; b, back \icw ; c 

 (front view) ; c, ditto (back view) ; d, extremities of arms. and d, magnified portions of arms. 



