The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . [NL. (Linnmus), l., a genus of written Lepidion. ilciige, 1854. lepidlyt (lepid-li), adv. [-i-dokro-sit), M. [<Gr. ?L£7Tlr(/tzii\-), a scale (see lepis). + x/Aof, crocus, +-itei.] \ variety of goefhite occurring in col-umnar forms with a scaly or fibrous structure. lepidodendroid (lep i-do-dendrold), II. [< /,c-piiloileiidrini + -itid.] Like [ilants of the genusLepidodcndron; having a scaly bark. ^a. Lepidodendron Brittsii, from th
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . [NL. (Linnmus), l., a genus of written Lepidion. ilciige, 1854. lepidlyt (lepid-li), adv. [-i-dokro-sit), M. [<Gr. ?L£7Tlr(/tzii\-), a scale (see lepis). + x/Aof, crocus, +-itei.] \ variety of goefhite occurring in col-umnar forms with a scaly or fibrous structure. lepidodendroid (lep i-do-dendrold), II. [< /,c-piiloileiidrini + -itid.] Like [ilants of the genusLepidodcndron; having a scaly bark. ^a. Lepidodendron Brittsii, from the of Missouri, a, a group of fourleaf-scars; *,oneof the scarsona largerscale. 3412 Lepidodendron (lepi-do-dendron), H. [NL.,.f-(f (/tn-fii-), a scale, + MviSpnv, a tree.] Acommon fossil plant of the Carboniferous coal-measmes, supposed, in some cases at least, tohave fmnished an important constituent of thecoal itself. By most fossil botanists Lepidodendron isconsidered to be closely allied to the {Lyco-podiacete), now widely spread plants. The fossil club-mosses are, however, not identical in structure or appearance with any now living, one important ditf er-ence being the much larger size of the fossil forms. Thesurface of the stem of Lepidodendron is marked by pecu-liar, prominent, quincuncially arranged, and generallylozenge-shaped leaf-cushions (also called bolstersand leaf-bases),which are sometimesdistinctly separatedfrom each other, andsometimes continentabove and below, andwhich vary greatly in
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