. Elements of geology, or, The ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. Geology. Cycadeoidea {MantelUa) megalophylla, Zamia spiralis. Southern Australia. These plants must have become fossil on the spots where they grew. The stumps of the trees stand erect for a height of from one to three feet, and even in one instance to six feet, with their roots attached to the soil at about the same distances from one another as the trees in a modern The carbonaceous matter is most abundant immediately around the stumps, and round the rem
. Elements of geology, or, The ancient changes of the earth and its inhabitants as illustrated by geological monuments. Geology. Cycadeoidea {MantelUa) megalophylla, Zamia spiralis. Southern Australia. These plants must have become fossil on the spots where they grew. The stumps of the trees stand erect for a height of from one to three feet, and even in one instance to six feet, with their roots attached to the soil at about the same distances from one another as the trees in a modern The carbonaceous matter is most abundant immediately around the stumps, and round the remains of fossil Cycadeai.\ * Weston, Geol. Quart. Journ., vol. viii. p. 117. f Mr. Webster first noticed the erect position of the trees, and described the Dirt-bed. X Fitton, Geol. Trans., Second Series, vol. iv. pp. 220, 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 Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875. New York, D. Appleton and co.
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