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THE GEOLOGICAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



On the stems so constructed were placed long and 

 often broad many-nerved leaves, with rows of stomata or 

 breathing-pores, and attached by somewhat broad bases 

 to the stem and branches. The fruit consisted of racemes, 

 or clusters of nutlets, which seem to have been provided 



A 



FIG. 59. Fruits of Cordaites and Taxine Conifers (coal-formation. Nova 

 Scotia.) A, Antholithes squamosus (two thirds). B, A. rhabdocarpi 

 (two thirds). B 1 , Carpel restored, c. A. spinosus (natural size). 

 D, Trigonocarpum intermedium. E, T. Nwggerathii. F, T. avella- 

 num. G, Rhabdocarpus insignis, reduced. H. Antholithes pygmoeus. 

 i, Cardiocarpum jlmtans. K, Cardiocarpum bisectum. L, Sporangites 

 papittata, lycopodiaceous macrospores (natural size and magnified). 



