Asterosmilia pourtalesi Duncan* 
PI* , fig. . 
1873. Asterosnilla pourtalesi , Duncan, Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. 
London, vol. xxix, p. 553, pi. xix, fig. 4 
1899. Asterosmilia pourtales i , Vaughan, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. , 
vol. xxx iv , Mo. 1, p. 229. 
Original description: 
"The corallum is slightly curved and compressed. The 
calices are elliptical in outline. The columella is short, 
stout, and lamellar. The septa are numerous, close, and thin; 
there are five cycles of them, and the fifth is incomplete in 
some systems. 
The costae are numerous, and alternately large and small. 
The endo theca resembles ay nap t iculae ; and there is an 
epitheca. Sxotheca well developed. 
Height of corallum 1 inch. Length of the callce 5/l0 
inch. 
