I'll 



/.,. ality at d !', m ition. K ire in <}.< 1 lamilton '.Tuiip. llartlctt'- Mill-. Ark -hip 



of BosancfU' 



Kl.TKl'UK A ( Lamarck). 



Polyzoary formin_ r a reticulated >. \pan-ion composed of th-xiiou- inosculating h: 

 which ari 1 not united K\- di-ti - -pirni-nt-. liiu which an iM"iu<'- in -uch a mamu r :: 



the entire frond forms a continuous network perforated hy rrjul ir ap.-rtur.-- -r font BtTO 

 In tht.- funnel haped gpeciee the cells arc placed on tin* upper or inn. r -urfac.- of th'- OO3DO3 

 ciuui. ami there are two or miv row- nf cells to each hranch. 



The uvnus /. i- -epai-ated from / :-y th" faet that tin- leiie.-tni 



funned >inif.lv hv the cnal' "f the th'\nou- t.r it deliniie pui- - thu- ! 



like perfnratimis in the cii-n.iriuin. \vli.T>--i- in t, Miicd \>\ a di-- 



tinct aeriea "t' Don-poriferoua dis-epinients. Kr<>m 



possessing !! 'piment- and KY the eniiiiunii nccurrcih-e of more than twu p 

 branch. In the funiiL'! --haped specie^ ot' ' the c.'ll- cei tainly u-u:illy occupy th- in- 



ual face of the funnel. \\-\\- 'ern.il ii which 



have the -due >hape. I should he inclined to doubt, he if thi- eliaracter i- an 



and it certainly cannot often In- u->-d as a practical nc-an- of distingaishing th> 

 'he-.' tw-i genera, since ii- applic-itimi fail< in the ease of tra.-nc-n'- f the infandibaliform 



lies, nd also nt' tlie l'an--lriped fi-rniv 

 The followHi'j- >p.'cie- nf /, occur in the Devonian Keck- >'< \\--t--rii < intariu. 



ll't. Hi. i EPOBLA riu-' \ (Gol'lfu 



Gh rm. I'i. XXXV!.. ti-. 1'.'. 

 Phillips . 1'ii. FOSR <'ornwall, \c.. p. L'.'t. G 7. 



/ ' iMcd.y . I'al. Posa, p. 7i. 



1'iilv/e-iry I'nrininL' hroad. f.n i. or undulatini: e.\pan-io i-. which in .-ome iii- 



have the f. rrui ,,}' an open funi.. i. Uranches parallel, tl and undulating, altcrn.it 



und re'_ r ularlv h.-nt from >idc to >ide. the BUOO .nvexitie- :m d OOnoavitiofi on each - 



ea"h hranch beinu r oppo-eil to corre-pondi ir_' coiivexitie- :md concavities in the hranche- im- 

 mediately coiiti-uoii-. actual ana>toinoM, f.kin- place at the BQCCesgiye ] "int- when- two 



tie 111 let, BO that the entire tVolld heeome- perforated liV "T 



fen. tranches ah ut one-third of a line in width, eiiiht or nine in a .jinr 



inch mea-mv.l tr.ui-vei-.-lv. furnished with a .-iron- hut hlunt keel on (1,. HuliferoUB 



so that their o-i.-k- -I]-.- aii.ulatcil. EleverSO, wlfii \v--H pr^ lincly >triit' i. fen. 



ularly alt'-rnate in confi-uou- row-, and thu- arr n-c.l in diagonal line-, hr- 

 oval or diamond .-hapcd. hall' a line in length and ratlicr lc~> in width, three in tin M 

 two iin. -- IB.- 'in-d dia-onallv. and the -ame niiiaiier in a <|ii irter of an inch n : verti 



cally. Fein-trule'- -.eparatrd vert ie ally h\ inter-p-ic. MM half a lin> . which the 



hranch'-- ar- ;. c.-li- earrieil in the funnel-shaped examples on the inner or op] 



-urfae.- of the eiMi.i-eiiim : two rOWfi of e, 1- t.. , acli hranch. alt.Ti. ed. and tl: 



h- p tintfi u !i' re the hranclu- unite 1 irger than the otli. -- l'..iir or Ii 

 .'n_'th ol a feiie.-trule. 



I ha\e no dotiht a- t.. the -,d.-ntii\ of thi- : ml 



ipeoiee \v i'li tlie familiar .' "f tin- Conti 



m -nt ill Kin-ope and < }real I '.ritain Tl . -int in 



whi'-li i-ur to ilith-r from . in 



tie' an-_Milalion dor l! l- lhi>. rather th n 

 tion i of the non oelk 



ure. h. dy -liown in Vi 



thlllL 



it i- one ol porl 



of a n I do 



', ' nid I. 



t 



illllilt.dile in nk. i 



' i i . 1 



in. : 



-imp'r. !;. the ( the 1 > undul '' ! ! 



/ Common in the < rl 



