A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology." . FOSSIL FLORA. 25 PLATE IV. Fossil Fern Leaves. Figs. 1, & 2. An ironstone nodule, split asunder, showing an inclosed fern-leaf {^Alethopterislonchitidis, of Sternberg); from the coal-beds of Newcastle. Figs. 3, & 4. The corresponding parts of another nodule, containing a fern-leaf of a differentkind (Neuropteris). Fig. 5. A very beautiful fossil fern {CAeilanthes microlobus, of Goppert; Sphenopteris, ofBrongniart); from
A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology." . FOSSIL FLORA. 25 PLATE IV. Fossil Fern Leaves. Figs. 1, & 2. An ironstone nodule, split asunder, showing an inclosed fern-leaf {^Alethopterislonchitidis, of Sternberg); from the coal-beds of Newcastle. Figs. 3, & 4. The corresponding parts of another nodule, containing a fern-leaf of a differentkind (Neuropteris). Fig. 5. A very beautiful fossil fern {CAeilanthes microlobus, of Goppert; Sphenopteris, ofBrongniart); from the coal formation. Fig. 6. A slab of coal-shale with fronds of ferns (Alethopteris Serlii, of Goppert); fromDunkerton. Fig. 7. A beautiful fern (Pecopteris) in coal-shale ; from Newcastle. ^1%fl lie. FOSSIL FLORA. 27 PLATE V. Fossil Fekns and Stems. Fig. I. A beautiful delicate plant, belonging to a family of which numerous species occur in thecoal deposits; named, from the stellular form of the foliage, Asterophyllites. Fig. 2. A fern in coal-shale, from Yorkshire. {Sphenopteris trifoliata, of Jrtis.) Fig. 3. Another species of star-leaf plant {Annularia bremfolia), from the coal of Silesia. Fig. 4. A dicotyledonous leaf in sandstone, in a beautiful state of preservation; from thetertiary strata of CEningen. Fig. 5. A frond of a remarkable species of extinct fern {Cyclopteris orbicularis, of Brongniart);from the coal of Shropshire. Fig. 6. An elegant fern {Pecopteris), from coal shale; Newcastle. Fig. 7. A delicate plant {Sphenophylhim erosum, vel dentatum, of Sternberg), with wedge-shapedpinnules, from the coal formation. Fig. 8. Portion of a stem, flattened by compression, of a species of Sigillaria {Sigillaria tesselata,of Brongniart). From the coal of Yorkshire. Fig. 9. Fern
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