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Of the same character is the following specimen, which was 
detached from its flint envelope. It much resembles, in the 
guincuncial arrangement of its tubes, Mr. Rose’s fig. 100. ; 
but ours does not exhibit the 
pedicle. (fig. 57., from Nor- 
wich.) Mr. Koenig appears to 
have figured this as Ocellaria, 
Icones Fossilium Sectiles, fig. 98, 
99. 
Alcyonia, the production or 
the habitation of polypes. The 
number of fossil bodies included 
under the original head of Al- 
cyonites is much diminished 
since the families of Spongize, 
Ventriculites, Choanites, and 
Siphoniz have been withdrawn 
from this division. ‘They are 
chiefly limited to the chalk and 
chalk marl. Messrs. Coney- 
beare and Phillips conceived that the irregular cylindrical 
branches often found in the oolitic series, particularly in the 
great oolite, have derived their origin from Alcyonia. In an 
attempt to arrange the fossil Alcyonites, according to their 
