. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. Fig. 459.— Araucarites gracili duced(af ter Dawson). Fig. 460. -Section of same: b, woody wedges; c, pith and pith-rays. they did not grow in the coal-swamps, but on the high ground about them; that their leaves, small branches, and fruits were washed down. Fig. 461. Fig. 462. Fig. 463. Fig. 464. Fig. 461-464.—Broad-Leaved Conifers. Living Congeners op some Coal-Plants: 461. Salis- buria (Ginko), a branch. 462. Section of fruit. 463. A leaf, natural size. 464. Phyllocladus, a branch. into the swamps, and thei
. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. Fig. 459.— Araucarites gracili duced(af ter Dawson). Fig. 460. -Section of same: b, woody wedges; c, pith and pith-rays. they did not grow in the coal-swamps, but on the high ground about them; that their leaves, small branches, and fruits were washed down. Fig. 461. Fig. 462. Fig. 463. Fig. 464. Fig. 461-464.—Broad-Leaved Conifers. Living Congeners op some Coal-Plants: 461. Salis- buria (Ginko), a branch. 462. Section of fruit. 463. A leaf, natural size. 464. Phyllocladus, a branch. into the swamps, and their trunks were sometimes drifted down by floods which overwhelmed and buried the coal. The trunks and woody branches are known to be those of Gym- nosperms by the characteristic Gymnospermous structure of the wood (Figs. 389, 390, page 328), especially the disk-like markings on longi-. 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 LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901. New York : D. Appleton and Co.
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