CORDAITALES 169 



daites are^'grasslike, not over half a meter long and about a centimeter 

 wide.Qln stilFother cases, the leaves are said to be comj)aratively 



Fig. 199. — Cordaites laevis: restoration of branch with spatulate leaves and 

 branches bearing numerous strobili; a large bud is shown at the right. — -After Grand 

 'EURY (2). 



short and obovate, even branching dichotomously, a type suggestive 

 of the leaves of Ginkgo. 



The recorded anatomy of the leaves has all been obtained from 

 Cordaites, and is very characteristic (figs. 200-202). Each of the 



