es SCIENCE. 
Before proceeding further it must be remarked that 
in fig. 40; Plate Il, we have given the color black, which 
plays such a conspicuous part in the glyph, fig. 26, the 
phonetic value of ek or 7k. It frequently appears witn 
these phonetic Values in Maya script, and it is my opinion 
that red may also have the phonetic value of Chac, cha v/s, 
yellow Aan, ka v/s, and green van, xa v/s. It will be im- 
possible to discuss the subject here; we leave the sugges- 
tion to time to decide, but attention is called to the fact 
that color seems to be ikonomatic in Mayascript. Above 
the 7zdeo-phonetic figure in Plate 17, Peresianus, (a com- 
pound of ideographic suggestion and phonetic elements), 
is a series of glyphs whose analyses are made on Plate II, 
figs. 41 to73. It will be observed that many of the pho- 
netic values assigned by me to certain phonetic elements 
are being repeated in new combinations with probable re- 
sults. ‘lhe interpretation given is w-chak Kukulkan, chak- 
thal, Chakanik. here are two more glyphs in this series 
on Plate 17 (Peresianus), but as they are somewhat erased 
it would be necessary to compare them with others on 
Plates 15, 16. 18, (Peresianus), and other parts of this 
codex, which is here impossible. The series of glyphs on 
all of the plates referred to, viz.: 15, 16, 17, 18 (Peresi- 
anus), read from the lower right hand glyph toward the 
left, thus: 
1 ga) 
1D), 
BA 
and repeat name of Awku/kan with reference to his title 
of God of Wind and ruler of the cardinal points. The 
order of repetition of the words given by the glyphs 
varies in some of the plates. The series is in fact a 
repetition of the compound glyph of the Peresianus, 
as shown in my plate, fig. 21, with the addition of 
the title Chakika/, thus: Bacab, xakan tk, Chakikal = ‘‘Ru- 
ler of the Cardinal Points, God of Wind.” (Bacab = ru- 
ler, xakan-ik=the ‘‘ cardinal points ” or the winds that 
revolve around it; Chak=‘‘ God,” zk=‘‘*wind,” or this 
latter may be read=‘‘ hurricane.” 
Especial attention is called to the glyph fig. 45 in this 
series, where three Aav glyphs express the name Awkiulkan, 
their different phonetic values being indicated by the 
small phonetic additions attached to the top of the glyphs 
inside of its enclosing circle, see figs. 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 
50, 51. The name of Awkulkan is also repeated on 
Plate 23, Peresianus; three Cavac glyphs being used, their 
values being changed by the phonetic additions attached. 
See figs. 235, 236, 238, 239, Plate Il. 
Fig. 73 1s a well-known glyph in the Peresianus, tt 
has been designated by me the Chak glyph from the fact 
that the phonetic elements within it express that word 
and the figures attached to the glyphsin the Peresianus, 
there is good reason to think, are chaks or bacabs, support- 
ing my analysis of its phonetic elements. The phonetic 
elements of which it is composed are frequently repeated 
in Maya script and are among the most primitive of those 
represented in Part I of this article, published in Sczence, 
No. 567. 
A repetition of the title Bacab-xakanik, with the yellow 
color appearing with phonetic value, is given in the series, 
Plate Il, figs. 80 to S4a, taken from Plate 16, Peresianus. 
See also series figs.85 to ror. The glyph fig. 102 my 
analysis indicates to be that of « Hoobnil-Kan. The dot- 
ted seas circle, fig. 104, sie ye derived from the 
phonetic value of cho or sho, xo v The square, fig. 105, 
encloses the same elements char are found in the day sign 
Chuen, and its phonetic value cha is indicated by the 
square in which it is enclose d—the square, generally, be- 
ing associated with 4, Aa v/s, sounds. If the same ele- 
ments referred to were in a circle they would probably be 
cho or chu, as the circle is intimately associated with 
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i, 0, u, ch, z sounds. The square and circle are probably 
vowel elements; see Article I, Plate I, figs 27, 43. 
NOTES ON THE GENUS STROMATOCERIUM. 
BY HENRY M. SEELY, MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT. 
ONE wishing to recall the typical form of the genus 
Stromatocerium turns to Hall’s monumental work, “‘Palzon- 
tology of New York,” and in Vol. 1., p. 48, finds the 
description of this well-marked genus. The horizon of 
Stromatocertum vagosui 1s that of the rocks of the lowest 
member of the ‘Trenton period, that is, the Black River. 
This fossil is accepted asa guide in determining the rocks © 
of that epoch. 
That this form should flit across one geological horizon, 
should come and go, having no ancestry and leaving no 
descendants, seems strange. But this sudden appearance 
and disappearance is more apparent than real. It may 
not be possible to trace exact lineage, but likenesses and 
relationships are quite evident. The relatal forms are 
Cryptozoon below and Stromatopora above. It is true these 
are somewhat widely separated, both by structure and by 
stratigraphical position. Yet in general structure they are 
so alike that one has often been mistaken for the other. 
We may briefly consider the stratigraphical relation of 
the Stromatocerium to the Cryptfozoon in the rocks lying 
below. Immediately beneath the Black River is the 
Chazy, the rocks of which at their best estate have a 
thickness of near goo feet. Beneath the Chazy lies the 
Calciferous, with its distinct divisions of rocks, the 
formation having a thickness of near 2,000 feet. 
The rocks of these two epochs bordering Lake Champlain 
and filling so great part of the valley between the Green 
Mountains and the lake have a recognized likeness. Had 
not the name, Champlain, been preoccupied, this term 
could have been applied with appropriateness to the time 
period which would be constituted of the two epochs, 
Coazy and Calciferous. 
The Chazy rocks may be looked upon as a wedge 
separating the Calciferous from the Black River rocks. 
The edge of this wedge in some places thins down and 
disappears, so the Black River is let down in contact with 
the Calciferous. The stratigraphical separation between 
the Cryptozoon and the Stromatocerium thus becomes - 
zero. 
So far as horizon is concerned the.Cryptozoon may 
have clambered up into the Black River rocks. But the 
piling up of a little less than a thousand feet of Chazy 
rock, mostly calcareous, indicates the passage of a long 
interval of time. The sponge-like forms of the Chazy 
are not Crypfozoa. The concentric structure has been 
retained by several, yet they are clearly distinguishable 
from that fossil. One of the most noticeable of these 
forms is a Stromatocerium. 
The genus as characterized by Professor Hall may admit 
of considerable variation, yet these Chazy forms in all 
essentials correspond to the type. They differ, however, 
from Stromatocertum vagosum, and so widely do they 
diverge that the difference can hardly be less than specific. 
They have been studied with some care and specific 
names applied, but a general statement of position and 
character will be enough for the present. 
The divisions of the Chazy rocks may 
designated from below upward A, B, C. Distinct forms 
of Stromatocertum are found in each. ‘That found in A, 
the lowest division, has a growth in shape and sometimes 
in size like the old-time straw bee hive. It appears in 
B but somewhat modified inform. The special form in B is 
peculiar in growth and massiveness. The fossil is made 
up of a series of corrugations, these being from a quarter 
of an inch toa half inch in height. Blocks three feet by- 
be properly 
