Petrifactions and Their Teachings: Or,. A Hand-book to the Gallery of Organic Remains of the British MuseumHenry G. Bohn, 1851 - 496 pages |
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Page 39
... thick . Under clay with Stigmariæ . LIGN . 12. - STEM OF A LEFIDODENDRON , WITH STIGMARIA - ROOTS . ( From Mr. Brown's Memoir . ) tion of this subject : the stem of a Lepidodendron with roots , which are Stigmariæ . The stems and the ...
... thick . Under clay with Stigmariæ . LIGN . 12. - STEM OF A LEFIDODENDRON , WITH STIGMARIA - ROOTS . ( From Mr. Brown's Memoir . ) tion of this subject : the stem of a Lepidodendron with roots , which are Stigmariæ . The stems and the ...
Page 46
... thick bark formed of the con- solidated bases of the leaf- OF THE STEM OF CLATHRARIA LY- stalks , the insertions of which are rhomboidal and transverse . The outer surface of the bark is in consequence marked with elevated lozenge ...
... thick bark formed of the con- solidated bases of the leaf- OF THE STEM OF CLATHRARIA LY- stalks , the insertions of which are rhomboidal and transverse . The outer surface of the bark is in consequence marked with elevated lozenge ...
Page 54
... thick scales , which are the bases of petioles that have been shed : the summit of the stem is crowned with elegant pinnated leaves with simple veins , and which in the young state are coiled up like a crosier , as in the ferns . The ...
... thick scales , which are the bases of petioles that have been shed : the summit of the stem is crowned with elegant pinnated leaves with simple veins , and which in the young state are coiled up like a crosier , as in the ferns . The ...
Page 56
... thick layers of the oolitic limestone or Portland - stone . The strata dip to the south at an angle corresponding with the outline of the surface . The coasts are steep ; the base of Kimmeridge clay forming a talus surmounted by ...
... thick layers of the oolitic limestone or Portland - stone . The strata dip to the south at an angle corresponding with the outline of the surface . The coasts are steep ; the base of Kimmeridge clay forming a talus surmounted by ...
Page 57
... thick , of a dark brown friable loam abounding in lignite , and so similar in appearance to common vegetable earth or mould , as to have acquired the name of dirt - bed from the quarrymen . In and upon this bed are numerous petrified ...
... thick , of a dark brown friable loam abounding in lignite , and so similar in appearance to common vegetable earth or mould , as to have acquired the name of dirt - bed from the quarrymen . In and upon this bed are numerous petrified ...
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