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The Medals of Creation, Volumes 1 and 2

LIST OF LIGNOGRAPHS IN VOL. I.

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Illustration from The Medals of Creation, Volumes 1 and 2 First Lessons in Geology and the Study of Organic Remains

(Illustrative of Fossil Botany.)

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1. Sections of Recent Vegetables 55

2. Sections of Fern-Stems 62

3. Nodule of Ironstone, enclosing a Fern Leaf 69

4. Siliceous Frustules of Diatomaceæ, and Spicules of Spongillæ 94

5. Fossil Gallionellæ 96

6. Organic Bodies in Porcelain Earth 97

7. Microphytes from the Tertiary deposits at Richmond, U.S. 98

8. Confervites Woodwardii 101

9. Chondrites Bignoriensis 102

10. Delesserites (Fucoides) Lamourouxii 103

11. Moss and Conferva in transparent quartz 104

12. Equisetum Lyellii 105

13. Equisetites columnaris 106

14. Calamites decoratus 107

15. Calamites in Coal-shale 108

16. Pecopteris Sillimani 110

17. Pachypteris lanceolata 112

18. Sphenopteris elegans 112

19. Sphenopteris nephrocarpa 113

20. Sphenopteris Mantellii 113

21. Cyclopteris trichomanoides 114

22. Neuropteris acuminata 115

23. Glossopteris Phillipsii 116

24. Odontopteris Schlotheimii 116

25. Anomopteris Mougeotii 117

26. Tœniopteris latifolia 118

27. Fig. 1, Pecopteris Murrayana 118

2, Pecopteris lonchitica 118

28. Lonchopteris Mantellii 119

29. Fig. 1, Phlebopteris Phillipsii 120

2, Phlebopteris propinqua 120

30. Clathropteris meniscoides 121

31. Caulopteris macrodiscus 123

32. Base of a Trunk of a Sigillaria, with root 126

33. Sigillariæ, in Coal Shale 128

34. Sigillaria Saullii 129

35. Silicified Stem of Sigillaria elegans 130

36. Stigmaria ficoides 133

37. Transverse section of Stigmaria ficoides 135

38. Erect Stem of a Sigillaria, with Roots 136

39. A Terminal Branch of a Lepidodendron 138

40. Lepidostrobi, the Fruit of Lepidodendra 141

41. Stems of Halonia and Knorria, from the Coal Formation 144

42. Asterophyllites equisetiformis 147

43. Fig. 1, Sphenophyllum Schlotheimii 148

2, Sphenophyllum erosum 148

44. Fossil Fruits, or Seed Vessels 149

45. Foliage and upper part of the Stem of Cycas revoluta (recent) 150

46. Part of a leaf of Pterophyllum comptum 152

47. Part of a leaf of Zamites pectinatus 153

48. Fruit of Zamites Mantellii 154

49. Fossil Fruits of Cycadeous Plants 156

50. Mantellia nidiformis 157

51. Mantellia cylindrica 158

52. Clathraria Lyellii, inner Axis of the Stem of 159

53. Clathraria Lyellii, Stem of 160

54. Clathraria Lyellii, part of Stem of 161

55. Clathraria Lyellii, Petiole of 161

56. Clathraria Lyellii, summit of Stem, with petioles 162

57. Clathraria Lyellii, water-worn Stem of 163

58. Fragment of Coniferous Wood in Flint 174

59. Fig. 1, Part of a Branch of Araucaria peregrina 176

2, Calamites nodosus, with foliage 176

60. Walchia hypnoides 178

61. Abietites Dunkeri 179

62. Thuites Kurrianus 180

63. Nipadites and other Fossil Fruits from the Isle of Sheppey 188

64. Fossil Fruits from the Isle of Sheppey 189

65. Fossil Wood perforated by Teredines 193

66. Fossil Fresh-water Plants 196

67. Fossil Fruits and Flower 198

68. Imprints of Dicotyledonous leaves in Gypseous Marlstone 201

(lllustrative of Fossil Zoology.)

69. Coral and Spongites 224

70. Fossil Zoophytes 227

71. Fossil Sponge 228

72. Fossil Zoophytes 229

73. Siphoniæ from the Greensand 231

74. Polypothecia dichotoma 232

75. Choanites Königi 234

76. Paramoudra in the Chalk 237

77. A group of Spiniferites in Flint 239

78. Spiniferites Reginaldi 241

79. Spiniferites palmatus 241

80. Flints, the forms of which are derived from Zoophytes 243

81. Ventriculites radiatus 244

82. Portions of Ventriculites 245

83. Ventriculites alcyonoides 248

84. A Coral Polype, in flint 250

85. Graptolites in Wenlock Limestone 255

86. Favosites polymorpha 258

87. Corals from the Dudley Limestone 261

88. Fossil Corals 262

89. Corals from the Chalk and Mountain Limestone 268

90. Stems of Encrinites and Pentacrinites 284

91. Recent Comatula and Fossil Crinoidea 286

92. Fossil Crinoidea 289

93. Apiocrinites 291

94. Actinocrinites and Pentacrinite 294

95. Cyathocrinites planus 296

96. Marsupites Milleri 300

97. Fossil remains of Star-fishes 305

98. Goniaster Mantelli 306

99. Asterias prisca 308

100. Fossil Turban Echinus with its Spines 311

101. Cidarites from the Oolite and Chalk 316

102. Fossil Spines of Cidarites 319

103. Echinital remains in flint 320

104. Echinites from the Chalk 323

105. Holectypus inflatus 324

106. Discoidea castanea 325

107. Micraster cor-anguinum 328

108. Toxaster complanatus 329

109. Foraminifera from the Chalk 342

110. Nummulites, or Nummulina 344

111. Foraminifera from the Chalk 347

112. Spirolinites in flint 349

113. Nonionina Germanica (recent) 350

114. Foraminifera in Chalk and flint 351

115. Chalk-dust, chiefly composed of Foraminifera 355

116. Section of a Rotalia in flint 356

117. Rotalia in flint, with the fossilized body of the animal in the shell 358

118. Soft Bodies of Foraminifera extracted from the Chalk 359

119. Remains of Foraminifera in chalk and flint 361

120. Fossil Oyster, from the Chalk 374

121. Recent Bivalve Mollusc, showing the several parts of the shell and the animal 377

122. Turritellæ from Bracklesham 383

123. Shell-Conglomerate 385

124. Shell-Limestone, from the mouth of the Thames 386

125. Terebratula and Rhynchonella 388

126. Terebratula and Spirifer 390

127. Shells and Echinite from the Oolite and Lias 397

128. Spondylus spinosus in Chalk-flint 399

129. Inoceramus Cuvieri of the Chalk 401

130. Flint with fragments of Inoceramus perforated by Clionites 403

131. Unio Valdensis 415

132. Cyclas and Melanopsis 416

133. Fossil Shells of Gasteropoda 418

134. Polished Slab of Purbeck Marble 422

135. Univalves from the Chalk of Touraine 427

136. Univalves from the Mountain Limestone 428

137. Murchisonia bilineata 430

138. Sphærulites from the Chalk 431

139. Coprolites and Molluskite 432

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