146 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



slender ; seeds roundish. The cone is about an inch and 

 three-quarters long by fully three-quarters broad. The 

 specimen is fragmentary, but the form of the cone is preserved 

 in the matrix. The apex of the scale is very broad and thin. 

 This cone was found in the Iguanodon Quarry at Maidstone, 

 Kent, and formed part of the Mantell Collection, now in the 

 British Museum." 



The type-specimen (1765 a, B.M. Coll.) is little more than 

 the external cast of the cone, with two or three imperfect scales 

 and a scrap of the axis at the base preserved in imperfect relief 

 of this Carruthers (1866 B) gives a not very accurate drawing. 



A better specimen of the cone, now in the Maidstone Museum, 

 was found in the same quarry and presented to the Maidstone 



Text-fig. 40. Cedrostrobus Manfdlii (Carr.). Drawing of the Maiclstone 

 specimen. Base of the cone showing the overlapping Ccdrus-liko 

 scales. Nat. size. 



collections by Mr. W. H. Bensted. This consists of the basal 

 part of the cone, showing the axis and lower scales, and is figured 

 in text-fig. 40. On comparing this specimen, and the cast it 

 leaves in its matrix, with Carruthers' type, there is no doubt 

 that the two cones are of the same species. The Maidstone 

 specimen is of the same size as the type, and fits into the 

 hollow of the original cast described by Carruthers. 



As none of the internal tissues are preserved, it is not possible 

 to determine whether the cone is young or mature. Thus, 

 comparison with described species is not very satisfactor}*, but 

 the fossil recently re-described by Berry (1 91 J, p. 411, pi. Ixx, 



