Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or, A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumH. G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page 37
... scales as far as the point h , which is à few inches below the first ramification of the roots . The car- bonaceous crust that enveloped the roots was thick at the upper part , but gradually became thinner towards the extremities , and ...
... scales as far as the point h , which is à few inches below the first ramification of the roots . The car- bonaceous crust that enveloped the roots was thick at the upper part , but gradually became thinner towards the extremities , and ...
Page 42
... scales , their axis being tra- versed by a longitudinal cavity or receptacle , and terminating in rhomboidal disks , imbricated from above downwards . They occur of various sizes - from two to six inches long , and one or two inches in ...
... scales , their axis being tra- versed by a longitudinal cavity or receptacle , and terminating in rhomboidal disks , imbricated from above downwards . They occur of various sizes - from two to six inches long , and one or two inches in ...
Page 54
... scales slightly im- bricated , which do not appear to have been contiguous , are cuneiform , and generally have from three to five obtuse lobes : the disposition of the seeds or grains is not determined . * Fossil Cycadeous Plants ...
... scales slightly im- bricated , which do not appear to have been contiguous , are cuneiform , and generally have from three to five obtuse lobes : the disposition of the seeds or grains is not determined . * Fossil Cycadeous Plants ...
Page 55
... scales , till the latter literally formed a zone or " collar " around the pedicle of the cone . LIGN . 18. - LEAVES AND FRUIT OF ZAMIA LANCEOLATA , FROM SCARBOROUGH . ( nat . size . ) Zamia lanceolata . - Case F. - On a slab of ...
... scales , till the latter literally formed a zone or " collar " around the pedicle of the cone . LIGN . 18. - LEAVES AND FRUIT OF ZAMIA LANCEOLATA , FROM SCARBOROUGH . ( nat . size . ) Zamia lanceolata . - Case F. - On a slab of ...
Page 56
... scales ; these are fossil plants closely allied to the recent Zamiæ , and were obtained from a remarkable stratum in the Isle of Portland , named the dirt - bed , which occurs in the quarries on the north of the island , a few feet ...
... scales ; these are fossil plants closely allied to the recent Zamiæ , and were obtained from a remarkable stratum in the Isle of Portland , named the dirt - bed , which occurs in the quarries on the north of the island , a few feet ...
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