PLATE XL 

 Bennettites (Williamsonia) Carruthersi, sp. nov. 



FIG. 1. Large expanded bracts below the base of a fructification, the 

 base of the central boss, traces of interstitial organs, and 

 the reticulate peripheral tissue. P. 161. [V. 2793.] 



FIG. 2. Bracts surrounding the conical cavity originally occupied by 

 the central boss of a fructification. P. 161. [V. 2129d] 



FIG. 3. Bennettites ( Williamsonia) Carruthersi var. latifolius. Short 

 and broad bracts seen from the under-side ; at a lower level 

 portions of the reticulations are shown. P. 163. [V. 2129/.] 



FIG. 4. The base of the central boss, surrounded by expanded 

 interstitial organs, and below these, in one place, some 

 of the reticulations are visible ; and at a still lower level 

 portions of short and broad bracts. P. 163. [V. 2129c.] 



