. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. XXIX] LYGINOPTEBIDBAE 37 cortical stereome on which Brongniart founded the genus Dicty- oxylon^, a term since applied by Solms-Laubach and other authors to a certain type of cortex not confined to a single genus of plants, occurs also in some Palaeozoic lycopodiaceous stems ^ and in itself. Fig. 401. Lyginodendron Landsburgii. (Kidston Coll. f nat. size.) cannot be regarded as a safe criterion of botanical afi&nity. The largest example of Gourlie's Lyginodendron that has come under my notice is an incomplete sandstone cast


. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. XXIX] LYGINOPTEBIDBAE 37 cortical stereome on which Brongniart founded the genus Dicty- oxylon^, a term since applied by Solms-Laubach and other authors to a certain type of cortex not confined to a single genus of plants, occurs also in some Palaeozoic lycopodiaceous stems ^ and in itself. Fig. 401. Lyginodendron Landsburgii. (Kidston Coll. f nat. size.) cannot be regarded as a safe criterion of botanical afi&nity. The largest example of Gourlie's Lyginodendron that has come under my notice is an incomplete sandstone cast from Upper Carboni- ferous strata near Harrogate reaching a length of 100 cm. and 1 Solms-Laubach (91) A. pp. 8, 217, 218. '^ Vol. n. 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 Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941. Cambridge : University Press


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