. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 444 BENNBTTITALES [CH. linear bracts partially enclosing a strobilus with a portion of the annular zone at the base in which the seminiferous scales are shown in longitudinal-view and a few in apical-view. Williamsoma sp. cf. Williamsonia setosa Nathorst. A third example from the same locality (fig. 557) is described by FeistmanteP as part of one of Williamson's 'carpellary discs^,'. Fig. 557. Williamsonia sp. A, whorl of microsporophylls; s, synangia (?). C, side-view of the basal portion of A. B, part of a microsporophyll en


. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 444 BENNBTTITALES [CH. linear bracts partially enclosing a strobilus with a portion of the annular zone at the base in which the seminiferous scales are shown in longitudinal-view and a few in apical-view. Williamsoma sp. cf. Williamsonia setosa Nathorst. A third example from the same locality (fig. 557) is described by FeistmanteP as part of one of Williamson's 'carpellary discs^,'. Fig. 557. Williamsonia sp. A, whorl of microsporophylls; s, synangia (?). C, side-view of the basal portion of A. B, part of a microsporophyll enlarged. (Indian Geological Survey; A, nat. size.) a comparison that is fully justified. The accompanying drawing has been carefully made from the actual specimen: portions of 10 very hairy bracts radiate in a horizontal plane from a con- 1 Feistmantel (77^) PI. xLiv. figs. 3, 4. ^ Williamson (70) PI. m. fig. 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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