. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 360 FILICALES [CH. The specimen shown in fig. 268 is probably a young frond of this species. A very similar, possibly a specifically identical plant, was described by Leckenby from English Jurassic rocks as Phleho- pteris Woodwardi'^, the distinguishing features of which are the greater number of lateral veins and the smaller sori (fig. 267, A). The name Microdictyon was proposed by Saporta^ for pinnules. Fig. 268. 7 Laccopteris poh/podioides. Nat. size. From a specimen in the Whitby Museum (Brit. Mus.). differing slightly fro
. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 360 FILICALES [CH. The specimen shown in fig. 268 is probably a young frond of this species. A very similar, possibly a specifically identical plant, was described by Leckenby from English Jurassic rocks as Phleho- pteris Woodwardi'^, the distinguishing features of which are the greater number of lateral veins and the smaller sori (fig. 267, A). The name Microdictyon was proposed by Saporta^ for pinnules. Fig. 268. 7 Laccopteris poh/podioides. Nat. size. From a specimen in the Whitby Museum (Brit. Mus.). differing slightly from those of Laccopteris in venation characters: he included Laccopteris Woodwardi in this genus, but such differences as are recognisable in the venation hardly justify the use of a distinct generic title. Similarly, specimens described by Debey and Ettingshausen^ from Lower Cretaceous rocks of Aix- la-Chapelle as species of Carolopteris may also be included in Laccopteris. 1 Leckenby (64) A. p. 81, PI. viii. fig. 6. (Type-specimen in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge.) '•^ Saporta (73) A. p. 306. ^ Debey and Ettingshausen (59) PI. 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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