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7. Cilia, or vibratile Organs. 8. Hydrse, or Fresh-water Polypes. 

 9. Elementary organic Structure. 10. Analogy not Identity. 11. The 

 Flustrae. 12. Food of Zoophytes. 13. Nature of Coral Zoophytes. 

 14. Corals, or Polyparia. 15. Geographical distribution of Corals. 

 16. Sertulariae, or Vesicular Corallines. 17. The Gorgonia. 18. The 

 Red Coral. 19. Tubipora, or Organ-pipe Coral. 20. Madrepores. 

 21. The Actinia, or Sea-Anemone. 22. Caryophyllia and Turbinolia. 

 23. Fungia. 24. Astraea and Pavonia. 25. Meandrina, or Brain Coral. 

 26. Appearance of living Corals. 27. Coral Reefs. 28. Coral Reef of 

 Loo-Choo. 29. Coral Islands. 30. Formation of Coral Islands. 

 31. Montgomery on Coral Islands. 32. Fossil Zoophytes. 33. Ventri- 

 culites. 34. Zoophytes of the Oolite and Lias. 35. Corals of the Palaeo- 

 zoic Formations. 36. Coralline Marbles. 37. The Crinoidea. 38. Struc- 

 ture of the Crinoidea. 39. Encrinites and Pentacrinites. 40. Derbyshire 

 Encrinital Marble. 41. The Lily Encrinite. 42. Pear Encrinite of 

 Bradford. 43. Pentacrinites and Actinocrinites. 44. Pentreinites and 

 Cystidea. 45. Concluding Remarks. 



4. LECTURE VII.— The Carboniferous System 660—748 



I. Introductory. 2. The Carboniferous System. The Coal-measures. 



4. Coal-field of Derbyshire. 5. Coalbrook Dale. 6. Nature of Coal 

 Deposits. 7. Mode of Deposition of the Coal-measures. 8. The Great 

 Dismal Swamp of Virginia. 9. Erect Trees in the Carboniferous De- 

 posits. 10. Upright Trees at Wolverhampton and St. Etienne. 11. 

 Coal-measures of Nova Scotia. 12. Coal-shales and Vegetable Remains. 

 13. Millstone Grit. 14. Carboniferous Limestone. 15. Derbyshire 

 Lead-mines. 16. Carboniferous System of Devonshire. 17. Trap Rocks 

 and Dikes of the Carboniferous System. 18. Faults in the Coal- 

 measures. 19. Geographical distribution of the Carboniferous Strata. 

 20. Carboniferous System of North America. 21. Organic Remains of 

 the Carboniferous System. 22. Organization of Vegetables. 23. Cli- 

 mate and Seasons indicated by Fossil Wood. 24. Microscopical Ex- 

 amination of Fossil Trees. 25. Nature of Coal. 26. Liebig on the 

 formation of Coal. 27. Bitumen, Petroleum. Naphtha. 28. The Dia- 

 mond. 29. Anthracite, Plumbago, &c. 30. Petrifaction of Vegetables. 

 31. Artificial Vegetable Petrifactions. 32. Silicification of Vegetables. 

 33. Fossil plants of the Coal. 34. Equisetaceous Plants. 35. Fossil 

 Ferns. 36. Sigillaria. 37. Stigmaria. 38..Lepidodendron. 36. Coni- 

 ferous Trees and Plants. 40. Floia of the Coal. 41. Atmospheric 

 Conditions during the Carboniferous Fpoch. 42. Formation of Coal- 

 measures. 43. Coal-measures from submerged Lands. 44. Echino- 

 dermata of the Carboniferous System. 45. Shells of the Carboniferous 

 System. 46. Crustaceans and Insects. 47. Fishes of the Carboniferous 

 System, 48. Reptiles of the Carboniferous Epoch. 49. Climate of the 

 Palaeozoic Ages. 50. Retrospect and Botanical Epochs. 



5. LECTURE VIII. PartI.— The Devonian, Silurian, and Cumbrian 



Formations ' ^ — WM 



1. Introductory. 2. The Devonian System. 3. Subdivisions of the 

 Devonian System. 4. Devonian Strata of Devonshire and Cornwall. 



5. Devonian Strata of Scotland. 6. Devonian System of the Continent 

 and America. 7. Organic Remains of the Devonian System. S. Cms 



