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References to Tab. XII. 
A) The duller ’d polype in its natural fize, extend- 
ing itfelf. 
£, The fame polype, as it was received, after it had 
been foak’d in water, and the tefitaculi laid flrait. 
<7, The polype in miniature, with its flem of bone or 
ivory. 
f, Part of the ivory flem twilled. 
D y The lower part of the flem, cover’d with a car- 
tilage. 
E , The cartilage open’d, to fhew the tapering of the 
bony part. 
F, The crofs fedlion, to fhew the pofition of the fe- 
veral bodies of the polype. 
H, The crofs fe&ion of the bony flem magnified. 
G, One of the bodies cut open, to fhew its internal 
mufcular form. 
/, The eggs or fpawn in the natural fize. 
L , The fame magnified. 
/, The cuticular covering, which is continued from 
the bladder at M to the cartilage at E y or from 
one end of the flem to the other. 
N , The indented mufcular bafe, where the bodies of 
the polype all unite. 
K, A figure of the Encrinos y or Lilium lapideutn , 
from Rofnus . 
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