EXPLANATION OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS 
CoRDAIANTHUS SHULERI Darrah 
Fieure 1. Cellulose nitrate peel of the holotype specimen showing 
seven strobili (male), six of them attached to the naked axis. The 
seventh strobilus is represented by a few bracts in the space on the 
right beneath the apical strobilus. 3. Peel 8. Specimen 42580. 
Fieure 2. A single strobilus. It is the strobilus to the left of the small 
circle near the top of the inflorescence shown in figure 1. The medul- 
lation of the axis and the departure of a number of traces are evident. 
Pollen-sacs not visible. * 10. Peel 5. 
Fiaure 3. A young inflorescence, showing a single ovulate strobilus, 
bearing an erect terminal ovule. The spirally disposed sterile segments 
are inserted upon a somewhat elongate branch or axis. The subtend- 
ing bract is conspicuous. <5. Specimen 42648. 
Fiaure +. A sagittal section through an ovulate strobilus. The black- 
ened area near the top consists in part of sterile bracts and in part 
of integumentary tissues of an ovule. The closely inserted bracts are 
shown in various views. “10. Specimen 42471. 
Figure 5. Two immature ovulate strobili (““buds’’) adjacent to the 
circular axis which bears them, and lying between two leaves, seen 
in vertical sections. * 5. Specimen 42472, 
Fiaure 6. A transverse section through an inflorescence, taken at 
right angles to the axis, showing four ovulate strobili, all attached. 
The strobilus at the bottom left shows an ovule with a prominent 
“‘micropylar beak.’’ 5, Specimen 42474. 
Fiaure 7. A nearly transverse section through a staminate inflores- 
cence. <5. Specimen 42581. 
Fieure 8. A longitudinal section through the basal portion of the in- 
florescence shown in figure 7. 5. 
Ficure 9. A transverse section through an immature staminate strob- 
ilus, showing the enveloping bracts around the periphery, and the 
more acicular bracts near the center. X10. Specimen 42473. 
Figure 10. External view of a strobilus (sex undetermined) showing 
the woody bracts. Exposed from matrix. 10. Specimen 43316. 
Fiaure 11. Immature staminate strobilus, peel taken along a longi- 
tudinal median plane. Axis cut slightly diagonally. 10. Specimen 
42473, 
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