. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 172 PTERIDOSPEBMS [CH. Kidston from the Calciferous sandstone of Scotland as E. Mac- conochii^ is now believed by that author to be generically distinct^- With the exception of the unsatisfactory specimen reproduced in fig. 443, B, we have no information with regard to the habit of the stem to which the Eremopteris leaves were attached. WARDIA. White. Wardia fertilis (White). Another example of a fern-like frond bearing seeds is afforded by specimens from the Lower. Fig. 445. Wardia fertilis (White). A, sterile portion of fron
. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 172 PTERIDOSPEBMS [CH. Kidston from the Calciferous sandstone of Scotland as E. Mac- conochii^ is now believed by that author to be generically distinct^- With the exception of the unsatisfactory specimen reproduced in fig. 443, B, we have no information with regard to the habit of the stem to which the Eremopteris leaves were attached. WARDIA. White. Wardia fertilis (White). Another example of a fern-like frond bearing seeds is afforded by specimens from the Lower. Fig. 445. Wardia fertilis (White). A, sterile portion of frond; B, D, enlarged pinnules; C, seed. (After White. A, ca, nat. size; B—D, x 2.) Pottsville series of Virginia (correlated with the Millstone grit of British geologists) described by Mr David White^ as Aneimites (Wardia) fertilis. The compound fronds usually referred to the 1 Kidston (83) B. p. 540, PI. xxxn. fig. 3. ^ White refers some fronds from the Missouri Coal Measures to Erenwpteris, but their generic identity with the type-species is open to doubt. White (99)b! P- 16. 8 White (04) 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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