Palæont. [f. Gr. βλαστ-ός sprout, bud; cf. BLASTEMA.] (See quot.)
1877. Le Conte, Elem. Geol. (1879), 299. Stemmed Echinoderms, or Crinoids may be divided into three families, viz.: 1. Crinids; 2. Cystids; 3. Blastids. Ibid., 301. Blastids … had a bud-shaped body, with five petalloid spaces … radiating from the top, and reaching half way down the body.
