. Studies in fossil botany . Paleobotany. POROXYLEAE 511 was worked out in the most elaborate detail by the French investigators, owing to whose labours this genus became one of the most completely known, so far as the vegetative organs are concerned, among fossil plants. An English species, of older date than the French. Fig, 184.—Poroxylon Sutctijfii. Transverse section of srem, showing the huge pith, the ring of wood and phloem, and the cortex, with leaf-bases attached, into which the leaf-traces are entering. Two axillary buds are shown ; the one to the right is accompanied by the subtendi
. Studies in fossil botany . Paleobotany. POROXYLEAE 511 was worked out in the most elaborate detail by the French investigators, owing to whose labours this genus became one of the most completely known, so far as the vegetative organs are concerned, among fossil plants. An English species, of older date than the French. Fig, 184.—Poroxylon Sutctijfii. Transverse section of srem, showing the huge pith, the ring of wood and phloem, and the cortex, with leaf-bases attached, into which the leaf-traces are entering. Two axillary buds are shown ; the one to the right is accompanied by the subtending leaf-base. X nearly 4. From a photograph by Mr. L. A. Boodle. Scott Collection. forms, was found a few years back by Mr. Lomax, in a roof-nodule from the Lower Coal-measures of Shore- Littleborough, Lancashire ; the species has been named Poroxylon Sutcliffii (Fig. 184), after the owner of the mine, to whose co-operation palaeobotanists owe so much ; though the plant is certainly related to the French Poroxylons, its place in the same genus must. 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 Scott, Dukinfield Henry, 1854-1934. London, A. and C. Black
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