. Elements of geology. Geology. PART II. CHAPTER XX. 251 Fossil Plants of the Coal a. Lycopodium densum; banks of R. Thames, New Zealand. b. branch, natural size. c. part of same, magnified. and even in tropical countries only attain, as in the case of Equisetum giganteum, discovered by Humboldt and Bonpland, in South America, a height of about five feet, the stem being an inch in diameter. The Calamites, however, of the Coal differed from these, principally in being furnished with a thin bark, which is represented in the stem of C. SucJcoivii, (Fig. 261.) in which it will be seen tha
. Elements of geology. Geology. PART II. CHAPTER XX. 251 Fossil Plants of the Coal a. Lycopodium densum; banks of R. Thames, New Zealand. b. branch, natural size. c. part of same, magnified. and even in tropical countries only attain, as in the case of Equisetum giganteum, discovered by Humboldt and Bonpland, in South America, a height of about five feet, the stem being an inch in diameter. The Calamites, however, of the Coal differed from these, principally in being furnished with a thin bark, which is represented in the stem of C. SucJcoivii, (Fig. 261.) in which it will be seen that the striped external pattern does not Fig. 260. Fig. 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; Gibbes, Lewis Reeve, 1810-1894, former owner. DSI; Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929, former owner. DSI. Philadelphia : James Kay, Jun. and Brother ; Pittsburgh : C. H. Kay & Co.
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