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to a leaf), are for the most part united by their bases only ; in the very lowest 

 leaves alone are they fused for the greater part of their length. In the centre 

 of the rachis there are about six pairs of leaves in a centimetre. The autozooids 

 appear to arise as transverse or slightly oblique ridges, divided into three or 

 four from the first. In the lowest leaves the dorsal polyp is, as usual, slightly 

 smaller than the other two ; and in this region the shallow dorsal furrow is 

 most distinct. 



The siphonozooids, figured by Koren and Danielssen as a more or less 

 transverse row at the base of each pair of leaves, in our specimen form a row 

 in shape like a V, the apex of which is mid-dorsal, and lies about half-way 

 between two pairs of leaves, each arm of the V being generally composed of 

 four siphonozooids. 



Koren and Danielssen (6), p. 5, pi. i. figs. 8-11. 



Section II. Spicat^e. 



Subsection i. Funiculinece. 



Family 1. Funiculinidse. 



Genus Funiculina (Lam.). 



Funiculina quadrangularis (Pall.). 



The rachis of one young specimen was taken at Station 54 in 1869, notice- 

 able only for the very great abundance of spicules in the autozooids. 

 Koll. (3), p. 370. 



Subsection ii. Junciformes. 

 Family 1. Kophobelemnonidae. 



Genus Kophobelemnon (Asbj.). 



Kophobelemnon stelliferum (Midi.). 



This form was obtained more abundantly than any other during the cruises 

 of the " Porcupine," but none of the specimens present any unusual features. 



i. Station 57, 1869. — Two young specimens, both entire, were obtained here; 

 the one 7 "2 cm., the other 8 "8 cm. in length. Each bears nine autozooids. 



ii. Station 90, 1869. — Four specimens were dredged here. Two of these 

 are perfect and very small, measuring only 4*5 cm. and 5*4 cm. in total length ; 

 they bear three and six autozooids respectively. The third specimen, the upper 

 part of the rachis only, measuring 2 9 cm., bears nine autozooids, distinguished 

 for their somewhat unusual length and slenderness. The fourth is a fragment 

 of a very unusually large specimen, and consists of 6 cm. of the upper part of 



