. Maryland geological survey. xpands into areceptacle from the rim of which springs a whorl of staminate, com-pound, fern-like sporophylls on which the pollen is produced, not insimple anthers, but in compound pollen-sacs comparable with the synangiaof the marattiaceous ferns. These Cycadeoidea stamens in their habitsuggest a comparison with the ovulate fructification named by Renault 318 Systematic Paleontology Cycadospadix milleryensis from the Permian of Autun, Prance/ Theseed-bearing sporophylls of Eenaults interpretation would then bemorphologically the fertile leaflets of a single compou
. Maryland geological survey. xpands into areceptacle from the rim of which springs a whorl of staminate, com-pound, fern-like sporophylls on which the pollen is produced, not insimple anthers, but in compound pollen-sacs comparable with the synangiaof the marattiaceous ferns. These Cycadeoidea stamens in their habitsuggest a comparison with the ovulate fructification named by Renault 318 Systematic Paleontology Cycadospadix milleryensis from the Permian of Autun, Prance/ Theseed-bearing sporophylls of Eenaults interpretation would then bemorphologically the fertile leaflets of a single compound the whorl of stamens of the Cycadeoidea flower, which werewilted or shed quite early, an ovoid or conical, ovulate cone was orthotropous ovules were situated at the ends of long slender pedi-cels, and the interstices were packed with sterile appendages (inter-seminal scales) which, with their expanded tips formed a protectiveenvelope for the developing seeds, suggesting an angiospermous pericarp.
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