. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 262 PTERIDOPHYTA. [CH. sporangia apparently resembling those of an Equisetum. There are no sterile appendages or bracts alternating with the sporo- phylls ; and the absence of the former suggests a comparison with Equisetites rather than Galamites. Grand'Eury refers to the fossil as " parfois a peine perceptible," and a recent exami- nation of the specimen leads me to thoroughly endorse this description. It was impossible to recognise the features repre- sented in Grand'Eury's drawing. Setting aside this fossil, ther
. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. 262 PTERIDOPHYTA. [CH. sporangia apparently resembling those of an Equisetum. There are no sterile appendages or bracts alternating with the sporo- phylls ; and the absence of the former suggests a comparison with Equisetites rather than Galamites. Grand'Eury refers to the fossil as " parfois a peine perceptible," and a recent exami- nation of the specimen leads me to thoroughly endorse this description. It was impossible to recognise the features repre- sented in Grand'Eury's drawing. Setting aside this fossil, there are other strobili recorded by Renault^ and referred by him to the. Fia. 57. A. Equisetites Hemingwayi Kidst. From a specimen in the British Museum. 4 nat. size. B. Diaphragm and sheath of an Equise- taceous plant, from the Coal-Measures, f nat. size. From a specimen in the British Museum. ' Eenault (93) PI. xlii. figs. 6 and 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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