90 EXPLANATION OF PLATES 55. 56. 
Fig. 6. Section of the animal of Meandrina viridis, and 
of the coral in which it is placed. 
Fig. 7. Animals of Meandrina limosa as seen from 
above, and magnified ; they are placed in confluent 
stellated cells similar to those in Fig. 5. 
Fig. 8. One of the same, seen in profile, with the edges 
of its coralline plates behind the tentacula. (Mem. 
du Mus. d’Hist. Nat. Tom. 6, PI. 15. 4.) 
Fig. 9. Caryophyllia Smithii, from Torquay. Nat. size. 
Fig. 10. The same, with its animal partially expanded, 
within the centre of the coral. 
Fig. 11. The animal expanded, and seen from above. 
(Zoological Journal, Vol. 3. PI. 13.) 
Plate 55. V. I. p. 466. 
Fig. 1. A. B. C. Trunk, and dichotomous branches of a 
fossil tree, Lepidodendron Sternhergii, found in the 
roof of a coal mine at Swina, in Bohemia. (Stern- 
berg, Tab. I.) 
Fig. 2. The extremity of a branch with leaves attached 
to it, from ten to twelve inches long.* (Sternberg, 
Tab. II.) 
Fig. 3. Extremity of another branch, with indications of 
fructification somewhat resembling a cone. (Stern- 
berg.) 
Plate 56. V, I. p. 469, et seq. 
Extinct Plants from the Coal Formation. 
Fig. 1. Copied from .a sketch- by Mr. Sopwith, of the 
base of a large trunk of Sigillaria stand i ng in --4809; 
in the cliff at Be g Hall,-pear . Nowbiggin - , on the 
t /t ^ 
* By an error in copying this figure the branches are made too 
broad in proportion to the h aves. 
