. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palæontological science. Paleontology. THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD. 167 modern Club-mosses (Lycopodiacece). They are amongst the commonest and most characteristic of the Carboniferous. Fig. —Lepidodendyon Sternberg-??, Carboniferous. Europe. The central figure represents a portion 01 tne trunk with its branches, mucb reduced in size. The right- hand figure is a portion of a branch with the leaves partially attached to it; and the left- hand figure represents the end of a branch bearing a
. The ancient life-history of the earth; a comprehensive outline of the principles and leading facts of palæontological science. Paleontology. THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD. 167 modern Club-mosses (Lycopodiacece). They are amongst the commonest and most characteristic of the Carboniferous. Fig. —Lepidodendyon Sternberg-??, Carboniferous. Europe. The central figure represents a portion 01 tne trunk with its branches, mucb reduced in size. The right- hand figure is a portion of a branch with the leaves partially attached to it; and the left- hand figure represents the end of a branch bearing a cone of fructification. plants; and the majority of the "spore-cases" so commonly found in the coal appear to have been derived from the cones of 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 Nicholson, Henry Alleyne, 1844-1899. Edinburgh, London, Blackwood
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