. The testimony of the rocks; . such, for instance, as one of the Cycadese,— should bearleaves scarce distinguishable from fern fronds, may wellreconcile us to an apparent anomaly in the case of an ancientplant such as Sigillaria, whose entue constitution, so far asit has been ascertained, appears to have been sculj)turesque character of this richly fretted genus was (>8 THE PALiEONTOLOGICAL Fiar. shared by not a few of its contemporaries. The Ulodendra,Avith their rectilinear rows of circular scars, and their stemscovered with leaf-like carvings, rivalledin eifect the ornatel
. The testimony of the rocks; . such, for instance, as one of the Cycadese,— should bearleaves scarce distinguishable from fern fronds, may wellreconcile us to an apparent anomaly in the case of an ancientplant such as Sigillaria, whose entue constitution, so far asit has been ascertained, appears to have been sculj)turesque character of this richly fretted genus was (>8 THE PALiEONTOLOGICAL Fiar. shared by not a few of its contemporaries. The Ulodendra,Avith their rectilinear rows of circular scars, and their stemscovered with leaf-like carvings, rivalledin eifect the ornately relieved torusof a Corinthian column: Favularia,Knorria, Halonia, many of the Cala-mites, and all the Lepidodendra, ex-hibited the most delicate walking among the ruins of thisancient flora, the Palaeontologist al-most feels as if he had got amongthe broken fragments of Italian pal-aces, erected long ages ago, when thearchitecture of Rome was most ornate,and every moulding was roughened with ornament; and in. FAVULATIIA TESSELLATA. (One fifth nat. size.) Fig, 33,
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