TJte Reign of Reptiles 



gered, horse-tail mosses and tree ferns abounded, 

 as well as many primitive conifers, similar in 

 some respects to those found in the Trias, 

 while also having a suggestion of those of mod- 



A modern cycad, Cycas circinalis, from the Moluccas. 



ern times. But the striking feature of the time 

 was the abundance of cycads. These palm-like 

 plants are relatives of that called by florists 

 sago palm (Oycas revoluta), and at present there 



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