. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. EXPLANATION OP JOOQINS SECTION. 189 formed dense groves in the swamps of the Coal period. They have nothing closely analogous to them among living plants. There were a number of species of Sigillaria, differing somewhat in their ribs and leaf-scars, and probably also in their leaves. Lepidophloios or Uloden- droK, a plant whose remains occur with the Siffi
. The geology of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, or, Acadian geology [microform]. Geology; Geology, Stratigraphic; Paleontology; Geology, Economic; Géologie; Géologie stratigraphique; Paléontologie; Géologie économique. EXPLANATION OP JOOQINS SECTION. 189 formed dense groves in the swamps of the Coal period. They have nothing closely analogous to them among living plants. There were a number of species of Sigillaria, differing somewhat in their ribs and leaf-scars, and probably also in their leaves. Lepidophloios or Uloden- droK, a plant whose remains occur with the Siffillaria, was allied to the Lepidodendron, but wanted its slender graceful branches, while it had rows of stiff cones planted on the sides of its trunk: and its general aspect, when clothed with its long leaves, somewhat broader than those of Lepidudendron, must have much resembled that of the Sigillaria. Lepidophylla were the leaves of Ulodendron or Lepido- dendron. We have also met with the Cordaites, long striated leaves resembling those of gigantic plants of Iris or Indian corn, and sometimes five or six inches in breadth, and half as many feet in length. They grew on thick stems under and around the sigillarian woods though some- times probably covering great tracts without any admixture of other plants. We have also observed an erect coniferous tree, and erect Calamites, but shall reserve our notice of these for better instances farther on. Lastly, fronds of Ferns appear in some of the beds; and I may state here that they arc much less abundant relatively to the other plants at the Joggins than elsewhere in the Coal-fields of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Subdivision XV. is one of the most interesting in the section, in consequence of the discovery in it, in 1852, by Sir Charles Lyell and the writer, of the bones of a reptile, Dendrerpeton Acadianum (Fig. 32), those of another small reptile, and the shell of a land snail {Pupa Fig. 32.—Jaio of Dendrerpeton
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