Descriptions of the Plates.


FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM.

(Plates I. to XXXIII. inclusive.)

Plate
I.—Various specimens of Fossil Wood, and fragments of Plants[19]
II.—Chiefly examples of silicified Wood[21]
III.—Stigmaria, Calamites, and Wood[23]
IV.—Fronds of various Fossil Ferns[25]
V.—Different species of Ferns and other Plants[27]
VI.—Principally Fossil Fruits from the London clay of the Isle of Sheppey[29]
VII.—Specimens of the Fruit of a species of Nipas, or Molucca Palm; from the Isle of Sheppey[31]
VIII.—Figures of different portions of beautiful silicified Stems of Plants allied to the Arborescent Ferns; from Chemnitz[33]
IX.—Fossil Seed-vessels or Cones (Lepidostrobus) of the Lepidodendron[35]
X.—An aquatic Plant (Hydatica) in Coal shale[37]
XI.—A fine specimen of another species of Hydatica[39]
XII.—A delicate aquatic Plant (Myriophyllites) in Coal shale[41]
XIII.—Portion of the Stem of the Calamites ramosus[43]
XIV.—Fragment of Stems of another species of Calamite (Calamites dubius)[45]
XV.—Stem of a Calamite very much resembling the Bamboo (Calamites pseudo-bambusia)[47]
XVI.—Another species of Calamite (Calamites approximatus)[49]
XVII.—Stem of another kind of Calamite (Calamites decoratus)[51]
XVIII.—Fossil Stems allied to the Pandanus or Yucca (Sternbergia transversa)[53]
XIX.—Stem of a species of Sigillaria (Sigillaria fibrosa)[55]
XX.—Stem of another kind of Sigillaria[57]
XXI.—Fossil Roots of Sigillaria (Stigmaria ficoides)[59]
XXII.—Another species of Stigmaria (Stigmaria verrucosa)[61]
XXIII.—Fragment of a Stigmaria with large tubercles[63]
XXIV.—Part of a Stem of a tree allied to Sigillaria (Aspidiaria cristata)[65]
XXV.—Stem of a Plant allied to the Arborescent Ferns (Megaphyton)[67]
XXVI.—Stem of a species of Lepidodendron [69]
XXVII.—Fossil Plant allied to the Lepidodendron[71]
XXVIII.—A beautiful fossil Fern resembling Osmunda regalis (Neuropteris auriculata)[73]
XXIX.—An elegant trifoliate Fern in Coal shale (Neuropteris trifoliata)[75]
XXX.—An exquisite specimen of fossil Fern (Pecopteris Miltoni)[77]
XXXI.—Another elegant Fern in Coal shale (Pecopteris plumosa)[79]
XXXII.—A very beautiful plumose Fern in Coal shale (Alethopteris decurrens)[81]
XXXIII.—A fossil Fruit or Seed-vessel in Coal shale (Carpolithes marginatus)[83]

FOSSIL REMAINS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.

(Plates XXXIV. to LXXIV: inclusive.)

XXXIV.—A beautiful mass of Coral (Syringopora geniculata) on Carboniferous limestone[87]
XXXV.—Several kinds of fossil Corals (Syringopora ramulosa, Catenipora escharoides, &c.)[89]
XXXVI.—Corals from different formations (Fungia, Cyathophyllum)[91]
XXXVII.—Various fossil Corals (Astrea, Lithostrotion, Caryophyllia annularis)[93]
XXXVIII.—Corals and Coral marbles (Cyathophyllum, Astrea, Lithodendron)[95]
XXXIX.—Fossil Corals, and Sponges or Amorphozoa (Siphonia, Favosites, Explanaria)[97]
XL.—Various fossil Zoophytes (Clionites, Millepora)[99]
XLI.—A beautiful specimen of a cyathiform fossil Zoophyte (Chenendopora Parkinsoni)[101]
XLII.—Several kinds of Zoophytes in Flint (Choanites, Siphonia, Jerea)[103]
XLIII.—Various Corals and other Zoophytes (Fungia polymorpha, Jerea pyriformis, Ventriculite)[105]
XLIV.—Silicified Sponges and other Zoophytes (Scyphia, Cnemidium, Chenendopora)[107]
XLV.—Several kinds of calcareous and silicified Corals and other Zoophytes[109]
XLVI.—A recent Pentacrinus (P. caput medusæ), and a beautiful Fossil species[111]
XLVII.—Numerous specimens of portions of Stems, separate Ossicles, and Receptacles, of various kinds of Encrinites and Pentacrinites[113]
XLVIII.—The Lily Encrinite (Encrinites monileformis)[115]
XLIX.—Remains of several kinds of Encrinites and Encrinital marbles[117]
L.—Chiefly specimens of the Pear Encrinite of Bradford, in Wiltshire (Apiocrinus Parkinsoni)[119]
LI.—Several kinds of Crinoidea (Actinocrinites, Pentacrinites)[121]
LII.—Specimens of Pentacrinites from Lyme Regis[123]
LIII.—Fossil Star-fishes (Goniaster, Ophiura, Cidaris) [125]
LIV.—Various kinds of Echinites or fossil Sea-urchins (Clypeaster, Ananchytes, Discoidea, Conulus)[127]
LV.—Several varieties of fossil Echini (Cidaris, Nucleolites, Micraster, Spatangus)[129]
LVI.—Echinites and echinital Spines[131]
LVII.—Fossil univalve Shells (Euomphalus, &c.) and Cololites[133]
LVIII.—Fossil Shells of various kinds of Cephalopoda (Nautilus, Orthoceras, Lituties, &c.)[135]
LIX.—Belemnites, Orthoceratites, and Hippurites, &c.[137]
LX.—Belemnites and Ammonites[139]
LXI.—Hamites of several species; Scaphites, Nummulites, &c.[141]
LXII.—Fossil Foraminifera of several genera[143]
LXIII.—Several species of Trigonia[145]
LXIV.—Fossil bivalve Shells (Cucullæa, Crassatella, Lima, Cardium, &c.), and the anomalous bodies termed Trigonellites[147]
LXV.—Fossil Shells of the genera Panopæa, Teredina, &c.[149]
LXVI.—Fossil Shells of the genera Ostrea, Perna, Gryphea, &c.[151]
LXVII.—Chiefly Shells of brachiopodous Mollusca, (Terebratula, Spirifer, Productus, &c.)[153]
LXVIII.—Fossil Crabs from Sheppey; Trilobites, Insects, &c.[155]
LXIX.—Remains of Turtles from Sheppey, and Vertebræ of Crocodilian Reptiles from Havre, and of the Mosasaurus[157]
LXX.—The Jaws of the fossil Reptile of Maestricht (Mosasaurus); and Teeth of various kinds of Sharks and Rays (Carcharias, Miliobatis, Pthychodus, &c.) [159]
LXXI.—Skull and Antlers of the fossil Elk of Ireland, and Teeth of the Mammoth[161]
LXXII.—Fossil teeth of Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros, Dinotherium, Palæotherium, and Anoplotherium; and ungueal bone of Megalonyx[163]
LXXIII.—Skeleton of the Megatherium, and Teeth of the fossil Bears of the Caverns[165]
LXXIV.—Molar Teeth of Mastodon giganteus, from Big-bone Lick, Kentucky[167]
[Frontispiece.]—Foot of the Moa of New Zealand.