958 THE MEDALS OF CREATION. Cuap. VII. 
cyathiform, and the base by which it is attached to other 
bodies, is broad and spreading; the newer tertiary deposits 
of Sicily contain this species in abundance. | 
A Caryophyllia, bearing a general resemblance to this 
species, is common in the chalk, and occurs in beautiful pre- 
servation (Wond. Lign. 58, fig. 3).* 
Branched Caryophyllie are found in the Coralline Oolite — 
and Dudley Limestones (Sil. Syst. pl. xvi.) A large propor- i 
tion of the Coral-rag of the Middle Oolite is composed of — 
a branched species (C. annularis) of this genus; Lign. 88, ; 
fig. 5, represents a specimen from near Faringdon. 
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Lien. 86. FAVOSITES POLYMORPHA. (Goldfuss.) 
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Devonian limestone. Eifel. ) q 
Fig. 1.—Portion of a branch of the coral; nat. 4 
2.—Fragment, slightly magnified, with part of the surface broken f 
away below, exposing the central axis, and radiated arrange- } 
ment of the cells, with their lateral pores. 
3.—Another portion, magnified, showing the polype-cells hollow. 
Favositrs potymorpHa. Lign. 86. Lign. 88, fig. 3.— 
Polyparium stony, polymorphous, solid internally, compact, 
* ©. centralis, Pict. Atlas, pl. xxxvi. figs. 15, 16. 
C. annularis, ibid. pl. xxxvii. fig. 5. 
