. Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants in the Department of geology, British museum (Natural history) [Part III-IV] The Jurassic flora. Paleobotany; Paleobotany. 136 AEATTCAEITES. Araucaria, as represented by Araucaria exceha, A. Cookii among recent species. 52,840. PI. XIII. Fig. 1. Part of a cone seen from near the proximal ends of the scales. The cavities in the scales were originally occupied by seeds. The scales themselves are approximately I'6 cm. broad at the broadest end, but their distal faces are not exposed in the specimen ; they are winged and closely resemble those of Araucarites sphc
. Catalogue of the Mesozoic plants in the Department of geology, British museum (Natural history) [Part III-IV] The Jurassic flora. Paleobotany; Paleobotany. 136 AEATTCAEITES. Araucaria, as represented by Araucaria exceha, A. Cookii among recent species. 52,840. PI. XIII. Fig. 1. Part of a cone seen from near the proximal ends of the scales. The cavities in the scales were originally occupied by seeds. The scales themselves are approximately I'6 cm. broad at the broadest end, but their distal faces are not exposed in the specimen ; they are winged and closely resemble those of Araucarites sphcBrocarpm and A. Brodiei. S. Sharp Fig. 18.—Araucarites ooliticus (Carr.). From a specimen m the Northampton Museum. Nat. size. V. 3465. An impression of the surface of a cone, showing the distal ends of the scales similar to those represented in Text-fig. 18. Near Leckhampton. FurehaseA, 1894. V. 4673. Section of a cone in a coarse oolitic rock, very similar to the type-specimen of Araucarites Hudlestoni. Northamptonshire. Araucarites Brodiei, CaiTuthers. [Geol. Mag. vol. vi. p. 3, pi. ii. figs. 1-6, 1869.] (PI. XII. Fig. 2; PI. III. Fig. 5.) 1869. Araucarites Brodiei, Carruthers, Geol. Mag. toI. vi. p. 3, pi. ii. figs. 1-6. 1870. Araitcaria Brodiei, Schimper, Trait, pal. veg. vol. ii. p. 253. 1871. Araucarites Brodiei, Phillips, Geol. Torks. p. 171, Diag. xxxii. fig. 4. 1872. A. Brodiei, Balfour, Palajont. Bot. p. 83, pi. ii. fig. 10. 1884. Araticaria Brodiei, Saporta, Pal. Fran9. vol. iii. p. 416, pi. lix. figs. 5-6. Cf. A. moreauana, ibid. pi. clxxxiv. 1888. A. Brodiei, Schenk, Handbuch, p. 171. 1890. A. Brodiei, Zlttel, Handbuch, p. 280. 1894. Araucarites Brodiei, Woodward, Lower Ool. p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Sew
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