. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fossil Floras of Cape Colony. 29 Cycadolepis jenkinsiana (Tate). Plate IV., figs. 3-6. Text-figure 2. 1867. CyclopUris jenkinsiana, Tate, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxiii., pi. vi., fig. 4, p. 146. Scale-leaves more or less orbicular in shape, reaching a length of rather more than 12 cm. and a breadth of almost equal dimensions; attached to the supporting organ by a broad. Text-figure 2. (Nat. size.) Cycadolejm jenkinsiana (Tate). base. The lamina is traversed by a well-defined midrib consist- ing
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fossil Floras of Cape Colony. 29 Cycadolepis jenkinsiana (Tate). Plate IV., figs. 3-6. Text-figure 2. 1867. CyclopUris jenkinsiana, Tate, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xxiii., pi. vi., fig. 4, p. 146. Scale-leaves more or less orbicular in shape, reaching a length of rather more than 12 cm. and a breadth of almost equal dimensions; attached to the supporting organ by a broad. Text-figure 2. (Nat. size.) Cycadolejm jenkinsiana (Tate). base. The lamina is traversed by a well-defined midrib consist- ing of several parallel veins (fig. 5), but most of the veins spread from the base towards the sides and distal edge, forking repeatedly as in the Cyclopteris type of venation ; between and above the veins occur numerous fine anastomosing and irregularly disposed lines (figs. 4, 5) which present the appearance of the remains of a felt of hairs which originally covered the whole lamina. The scale-leaf. 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 South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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