II. GENUS ENCRINITES. 

 TRUE LILY-SHAPED ANIMAL. 



Generic Character. 



A Crinoidal animal with a column formed of numerous round depressed 

 joints, adhering by a radiating grooved surface, and becoming subpentangular 

 near tin' pelvis, which is composed of five pieces, giving a lateral insertion to the 

 first series of costal plates, 1o which thesecond series and scapula? succeed, whence 

 the tentaculated arms or lingers proceed, formed by double series of joints. 



Observation. 



The animals of this genusliave not hitherto been found in a living state, nor 

 do I believe that their remains have been discovered in England. They ap- 

 pear to be of very local occurrence. As there occurs but one species Encri- 

 mis uioniliformis, its illustrative Plate n. forms also an explanation of the ge- 

 neric character. 



I. 'SPECIES ENCRINITES MONILIFORMIS. 

 BEAD COLUMN'D TRUE LILY-SHAPED ANIMAL. 



Specific Character. 



A Crinoidal animal with a column-formed of numerous round joints, alter- 

 nately, as they approach the pelvis, larger and smaller, becoming subpentan- 

 gular when nearly iti contact with it On the pelvis, formed of five pieces, ad- 

 here laterally the first series of costae, on which the second series of cost* is 

 placed, succeeded by the scapulae from which the ten tentaculated arms or 

 fingers proceed. 



Animal permanently affixed by exuded indurated matter. 



