. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 392 ABIETINEAE [CH. surface-features are more like those of the cones of Pinus excelsa {cf. fig. 704, p. 154) and similar types. Pityostrobus (Pinites) Plutonis (Baily). This species was founded by Baily^ on part of a cone from the plant-beds in the basalts of Antrim and described, in greater detail. Fig. 785. Pityostrobus {Pinites) Plutonis. (After Gardner; nat. size.) and from better material from the same locality, by Gardner^. The cones are 7—9 cm. long and 2—3 cm. in diameter, characterised by woody scales with sub-hexago
. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 392 ABIETINEAE [CH. surface-features are more like those of the cones of Pinus excelsa {cf. fig. 704, p. 154) and similar types. Pityostrobus (Pinites) Plutonis (Baily). This species was founded by Baily^ on part of a cone from the plant-beds in the basalts of Antrim and described, in greater detail. Fig. 785. Pityostrobus {Pinites) Plutonis. (After Gardner; nat. size.) and from better material from the same locality, by Gardner^. The cones are 7—9 cm. long and 2—3 cm. in diameter, characterised by woody scales with sub-hexagonal apophyses with a central umbo and a rounded upper margin; there are two seeds with long and narrow wings on each scale. In one case (fig. 785) three cones are attached in an erect position to a branch covered with persistent leaf-bases. The foliage-leaves were borne in pairs and reached a length of 10—15 cm. A similar type with shorter needles from the 1 Baily (69) PI. xv. fig. 1. ^ Gardner (86) p. 69, Pis. xv.— 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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