. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. .n rsv-. 1 Fig. 173. Lepidodendron ohovatum. (From a specimen lent by Dr D. H. Scott.) Dr Scott* published in 1906 a short account of the structure of a specimen from the Lower Coal-Measures of Lancashire, the external features of which were identified by Kidston with those of Lepidodendron ohovatum Sternb. Dr Scott generously alloAved me to have drawings made from his specimen; these are reproduced in fig. 173. The form of the leaf-cushion is by no means perfect; there is a well-marked median ridge, and the small circular sca
. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. .n rsv-. 1 Fig. 173. Lepidodendron ohovatum. (From a specimen lent by Dr D. H. Scott.) Dr Scott* published in 1906 a short account of the structure of a specimen from the Lower Coal-Measures of Lancashire, the external features of which were identified by Kidston with those of Lepidodendron ohovatum Sternb. Dr Scott generously alloAved me to have drawings made from his specimen; these are reproduced in fig. 173. The form of the leaf-cushion is by no means perfect; there is a well-marked median ridge, and the small circular scar near the upper end of some of the cushions may represent the ligular cavity. At the base of the leaf-cushions a cortical meristem has produced a zone of ' Cash and Lomax (90). 3 Weiss, F. E. (03) p. 218. 2 Kidston (93) p. 547. * Scott, D. H. (06^).. 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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