34 Stopes, a Nezv Fern from the Coal Measures. 



Plate 3. 



Fig. 7. Longitudinal section of a root shewing the multiseriate 

 pits of the woody elements, x 140. [Slide L 6.) 



Fig. 8. Small portion of a petiole shewing a piece of the stele 

 and the cortex. x 44. 



7V. Wood with the protoxylems, px., on the convex side. 

 s. Crushed cells, probably phloem and sheath. 

 c. Cortex. 



Fig. 9. Drawing of cells from the cortex containing circular 

 bodies, possibly starch. x 400. 



Fig. 10. Photograph of a sporangium. x 184. 



Fig. II. Drawing of a sporangium shewing the circular form and 

 well marked annulus. x 230. {Slide L i.) 



Fig. 12. Drawing of cells from the annulus of a larger sporan- 

 gium. X 290. {Slide L 9.) 



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