. The geological history of plants. Paleobotany; 1888. Fig. 35.—Stem of Sigillaria Fig. 36.—Two ribs ot SigillaHa BrowvM. Brownii, reduced. Katural size. cylindrical cables, running for a long distance, and ctI- dently intended to anchor the plant firmly in a soft and oozy soil. They were furnished with long, cylindrical rootlets placed regularly in a spiral man- ner, and so articulated that when they dropped off they left regu- lar rounded scars. They are, in short, the Stigmarim, which we have already met with in the Erian (Figs. 38, 39). In Fig. 33 I have endeavoured to restore these strang
. The geological history of plants. Paleobotany; 1888. Fig. 35.—Stem of Sigillaria Fig. 36.—Two ribs ot SigillaHa BrowvM. Brownii, reduced. Katural size. cylindrical cables, running for a long distance, and ctI- dently intended to anchor the plant firmly in a soft and oozy soil. They were furnished with long, cylindrical rootlets placed regularly in a spiral man- ner, and so articulated that when they dropped off they left regu- lar rounded scars. They are, in short, the Stigmarim, which we have already met with in the Erian (Figs. 38, 39). In Fig. 33 I have endeavoured to restore these strange trees. It is not wonderful that such plants have caused much botanical con- ^'tJlul^±Zl t™^e^«y- It was long before hot- Natural size. anists could be convinced that. 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 Dawson, John William, Sir, 1820-1899. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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