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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12512375234).jpg NELSON ON THE BAHAMAS <br> 211 <br> ing <br> Tubes from - inch <br> to 2 inches in diameter <br> plants consohdates and completes the chalky soil This like the soil <br> originating with Acetabularice Spongillce c amongst the mangrove <br> roots is well mixed with carbonaceous matter and well adapted to <br> support vegetation <br> In a fossil condition the traces of <br> Fig 4 Koot-like tubular plants are obscure ; at some places how- <br> bodies passing through g er the rock is extensively traversed <br> the strata at Cay bal j contorted irregular stony tubes of <br> and exposed by weather- various diameters from yL to l inch <br> exhibiting an appearance of having been <br> aggregated round long slender roots or <br> even stems that have since perished <br> These pass through the strata or not <br> indifferently ; sometimes they are ex- <br> posed by the waves and weather and <br> stand out as disengaged masses of tubes <br> see fig 4 as in the low cliff under <br> Gun Cay Lighthouse and elsewhere <br> Rudely cylindrical bodies also from 9 <br> to 12 inches in diameter generally im- <br> bedded in and filled with red-earth- <br> rock appear in transverse sections along <br> the road-cuttings ; their character is very <br> equivocal even more so than those at <br> Bermuda Small root-like bodies also <br> are often imbedded in the red-earth- <br> rock Nearly all the Bahamas abound <br> in these tubular concretions <br> Of animal organic bodies the Coralsf are by far the greatest <br> contributors both as affording materials and as retaining loose sand <br> c mechanically Of these the MadreporaX in the sense used by <br> Ellis is the most important It occurs in mass and affords sand <br> Zoanthe Z sociata and an unnamed species which is much more <br> cellular fibres Capt N observes that when fresh the moss has a strong odour <br> of iodine <br> Loc cit p 115 <br> t Seas may be prolific says the author in zoophytes dispersed in small groups <br> or low sloping banks without their having any very obvious tendency to form <br> abrupt reefs which last I believe are not now to be found in the Bahamas In <br> Hanover Sound for instance the bottom is a zoophytic garden of most interesting <br> subjects but there is very little appearance of the labyrinthine reefs that obtain <br> in Bermuda especially along its north-east and south-east portions <br> X M cerebrum ; 2 or 3 varieties <br> M porites branched and massive <br> M undata <br> M astraea <br> M rotulosa <br> All abundant except M undata <br> Near East Point New Providence occurs a remarkable accumulation of broken <br> Madrepores imbedded in a dark grey rugged rock at and a httle above high- <br> water mark which however does not belong to the coral-reef basis <br> M galaxsea <br> M muricata ; 2 or 3 varieties <br> M areolata <br> M labyrinthica <br> M phrygia 34983324 108767 51125 Page 211 Text v 9 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983324 1853 Geological Society of London NameFound M galaxsea NameFound Myriapora areolata NameConfirmed Myriapora EOLID 2953157 NameBankID 267259 NameFound Myriapora astraea NameConfirmed Myriapora EOLID 2953157 NameBankID 267259 NameFound Myriapora cerebrum NameConfirmed Myriapora EOLID 2953157 NameBankID 267259 NameFound Myriapora labyrinthica NameConfirmed Myriapora EOLID 2953157 NameBankID 267259 NameFound Myriapora muricata NameConfirmed Myriapora EOLID 2953157 NameBankID 267259 NameFound Myriapora phrygia NameConfirmed Myriapora EOLID 2953157 NameBankID 267259 NameFound Myriapora porites NameConfirmed Myriapora EOLID 2953157 NameBankID 267259 NameFound Myriapora rotulosa NameConfirmed Myriapora EOLID 2953157 NameBankID 267259 NameFound Myriapora undata NameConfirmed Myriapora EOLID 2953157 NameBankID 267259 NameFound Z sociata Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 9 1853 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 34983324 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/34983324 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-02-14 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12512375234 2015-08-27 09 59 59 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1853 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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