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THE WONDERS OF GEOLOGY. 



Lect. VI. 



the plates which covered the opening of the receptacle are 

 preserved.* The Marsupite may therefore be considered 



Lign. 147.— Marsupite from the chalk, near Arundel. 

 (Collected and drawn by G. A. Coombe, Esq.) 



Fig. 1. A plate with the base of one of the arms attached. 2. Lateral view of one 

 of the arms. 8. The Ossicular by which the arms are attached to the body. 

 4. The Marsupite, with the first five ossicula of two of the arms attached to the 

 brim of the ossicula. 



as a free Encrinus — a link that unites the Crinoideans with 

 the Star-fishes ; the form of the perfect skeleton was shown 

 in a previous lecture, when treating of the Radiaria of the 

 Chalk (p. 526). 



42. Pear Encrinite of Bradford^ — A smooth species 

 of Encrinite, which, from the body having a pyriform shape, 

 has received the name of Pear Encrinite, occurs in con- 



* See Fossils of the South Downs, PI. XVI. fig. 6. 

 f Medals of Creation, p. 318. 



