90 EXPLANATION OF PLATES 55, 56. 



Fig. 6. Section of the animal of Meandrina viridis, and 



of the coral in which it is placed. 

 Fig. 7. Animals of Meandrina limosa as seen from 



above, and magnified ; they are placed in confluent 



stellated cells similar to those in Fig. 5. 

 Fig. 8. One of the same, seen in profile, with the edges 



of its coralline plates behind the tentacula. (Mem. 



du Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Tom. 6, PL 15. 4.) 

 Fig. 9. Caryophylha Smithii, from Torquay. Nat. size. 

 Fig. 10. The same, with its animal partially expanded, 



within the centre of the coral. 

 Fig. 11. The animal expanded, and seen from above. 



(Zoological Journal, Vol. 3. PI. 13.) 



Plate 55. V. I. p. 466. 



Fig. 1. A. B. C. Trunk, and dichotomous branches of a 

 fossil tree, Lepidodendron Sternbergii, found in the 

 roof of a coal mine at Swina, in Bohemia. (Stern- 

 berg, Tab. I.) <• 



Fig. 2. The extremity of a branch with leaves attached 

 to it, from ten to twelve inches long.* (Sternberg, 

 Tab. II.) 



Fig 3. Extremity of another branch, with indications of 

 fructification somewhat resembling a cone. (Stern- 

 berg.) 



Plate 56. V. I. p. 469, et seq. 



Extinct Plants from the Coal Formation. 



Fig. 1. Copied from a sketch by Mr. Sop with, of the 

 base of a large trunk of Sigillaria standing in 1803, 

 in the cUfF at Bog Hall, near Newbiggin, on the 



* By an error in copying this figure the branches are made too 

 broad in proportion to the leaves. 



