. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. B Fio. 280. Onychiopsis Matitelli. (From Wealden specimens iu the British Museum ; No. 13495 and No. V. 2615. A, natural size; B, very slightly enlarged.) Among British Tertiary species referred to Polypodiaceae, it is interesting to find what inay well be an authentic record of a fern clcsely allied to the recent tropical species Acrostichum (Chrysodium) aureum. This Eocene species from Bournemouth is described as Chrysodium lanzaeanuniK The frond is simply pinnate and apparently coriaceous in texture, with lanceolate or oblo
. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. B Fio. 280. Onychiopsis Matitelli. (From Wealden specimens iu the British Museum ; No. 13495 and No. V. 2615. A, natural size; B, very slightly enlarged.) Among British Tertiary species referred to Polypodiaceae, it is interesting to find what inay well be an authentic record of a fern clcsely allied to the recent tropical species Acrostichum (Chrysodium) aureum. This Eocene species from Bournemouth is described as Chrysodium lanzaeanuniK The frond is simply pinnate and apparently coriaceous in texture, with lanceolate or oblong lanceolate pinnules (fig. 261, A, A', p. 3-50), differing from those of Acrostichum aureum in being sessile. A prominent ' Gardner and Ettingshausen (82) Pis. i. 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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