. Catalogue of the fossil plants of the Glossopteris flora in the Department of geology. Paleobotany -- Carboniferous; Paleobotany -- Catalogs and collections; Plants, Fossil -- Catalogs and collections. 134 SPHENOPTKRIS. axis. Pinmiles sub-opposite, membranous, oblong, deeply lobed in lower portion, less lobed above. Nerves thin, flexuous, giving off branches to each lobe. Feistmantel1 figured a pinnule which he regarded as showing sori "on the outer margin of the leaf lobes at the end of the ; The same author also referred this frond to the recent genus Dicksonia on very inse


. Catalogue of the fossil plants of the Glossopteris flora in the Department of geology. Paleobotany -- Carboniferous; Paleobotany -- Catalogs and collections; Plants, Fossil -- Catalogs and collections. 134 SPHENOPTKRIS. axis. Pinmiles sub-opposite, membranous, oblong, deeply lobed in lower portion, less lobed above. Nerves thin, flexuous, giving off branches to each lobe. Feistmantel1 figured a pinnule which he regarded as showing sori "on the outer margin of the leaf lobes at the end of the ; The same author also referred this frond to the recent genus Dicksonia on very insecure grounds, as Zeiller has recently pointed out, for there is at present no evidence as to the structure. .. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Arber, E. A. Newell (Edward Alexander Newell), 1870-1918. London, Printed by order of the Trustees


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