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CRINOIDEA ARTICULATA. 



Character of the Division. 



L HE joints resting on the first, or superior columnar joint, and forming the 

 cup containing the viscera, articulate by liplike and transverse processes, having 

 a minute perforation. 



Observation. 



The name of the division ARTICULATA, is used in allusion to the articu- 

 lating insertion of the joints forming the cup containing the viscera. 



I. GENUS APIOCRINITES. 

 PEAR-LIKE LILY-SHAPED ANIMAL. 



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Generic Character. 



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A* animal with a column gradually enlarging at the 'apex, composed of 

 numerous joints, of which the superior is marked by five '^erging ridges 

 dividing the surface into as many equal portions, sustaining the pelvis, formed 

 of five sub-cuneiform joints, supporting others of a figure nearly similar, 

 from which proceed the arms and tentaculated fingers formed of simple joints, 

 having the figure of a horse shoe. 



