. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 272 AKATJCAEINBAE [CH. branched, the smaller branches being given off at an acute angle; the leaves are crowded, fleshy, tetragonal and falcate (fig. 742), agreeing closely with the foliage of the Eutacta species of Araucaria and with Cryptomeria. The megastrobili are cylindrical, approxi- mately 6 cm. long and 2 cm. in diameter, bearing imbricate, flat, scales with" narrow pointed distal ends resembling the free portion. Fio. 742. Elatides Williamsonis. (British Museum; nat. size.) of the foliage-leaves. No specimens hav
. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 272 AKATJCAEINBAE [CH. branched, the smaller branches being given off at an acute angle; the leaves are crowded, fleshy, tetragonal and falcate (fig. 742), agreeing closely with the foliage of the Eutacta species of Araucaria and with Cryptomeria. The megastrobili are cylindrical, approxi- mately 6 cm. long and 2 cm. in diameter, bearing imbricate, flat, scales with" narrow pointed distal ends resembling the free portion. Fio. 742. Elatides Williamsonis. (British Museum; nat. size.) of the foliage-leaves. No specimens have been described showing seeds attached to the scales. The more slender microstrobili, 2 cm. long, bear sporophylls at right angles to the axis with tri- angular upturned distal ends characterised by a median keel. In the vegetative shoots this species closely resembles the Liassic Pagiophyllum jieregrinum?- (fig. 744) (Lind. and Hutt.), but in the 1 See page 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 Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941. Cambridge : University Press
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