INDEX 



(Italicized numbers rejer to illustrations] 



Abietinese, 88, 89, 90. 



family characters of, 91. 

 Algse, 44, 47, 165. 



brown, 166. 



green, 165. 



red, 165. 

 Almis, 85. 

 Amber, 17. 

 Amentiferse, 84. 



Anatomy of fossil plants, likeness in detail 

 to that of living plants, 53 et seq. 



differences in detail from that 



of living plants, 69 et seq. 



Andromeda, 84. 



Angiosperms, comparison with Bennet- 

 titales, 103. 



early history of, 79 et seq. 



general distribution of in time, 177. 



later evolution of, 178. 



male cell of, 52. 

 Araliaceae, 85. 

 Araucarese, 88, 90, in. 



description of, 90. 



primitive characters of, 89. 

 Araucarioxylon, 93, 95. 

 ARBER, 173. 



A rchaocalam ites, 152. 

 Artocarpaceae, 85. 

 Asterochlaena, 126, 127, 86, 89. 



Bacillus, 167. 

 Bacteria, 167. 

 Barer a ) IOI. 

 Bast, 57, 32. 

 Bennettitales, 44, 102, 131. 



general distribution of in time, 177. 



( c 122 ) 



Bennettites, 103 et seq. 



external appearance of, 103. 



flower-like nature of fructification, 108. 



fructification of, 104, 77, 105, 72. 



seed of, 106, 7j. 

 BERTRAND, 2. 

 Bettila, 85. 

 Bignonia, 84. 

 Botryopteridese, 125, 132. 



description of group, 125. 



fructifications of, 128. 



petioles of, 127, 89. 



stem anatomy of, 126, 86, 8f. 



wood of, 128, go. 

 Botryopteris, 126, 127. 



axis with petiole, 127, 88, So,. 

 Bowmanites Romeri, 158, 160. 

 Brachyphyllum , 89. 

 BRONGNIART, 2. 

 Bryophytes, 163. 



Calamites, 147, 154, 157, 159, 160, 171. 



branch of, 147, 164.. 



casheana, 152. 



cone of, 150, 109, 151, no. 



leaf of, 149, 707. 



node of, 149, 106. 



spores of, 152, ///. 



young roots of, 150, 108. 



young stem of, 148, 105. 

 Cambium, 57, 33, 65, 43, 66, 44. 

 Carbon, film of representing decayed 



plant, 12. 



Carbonate of magnesium, 20 

 Carbonates of lime, 19. 

 Carpels, modified leaves, 78. 

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