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2 \V. Daivson — New Er'ian {Devonian) Plant 



their extremities. The stem is terminated by a ehister or com- 

 pound corymb of spikes of wliich 20 are seen. They ai'e 

 slender, but seem to nave been stiff and woody, and the largest 

 are about 16™ in length. They have short pointed bracts, and 

 some of them bear oval fruits, but only a few of these remain, 

 the greater part of them having apparently fallen off before 

 the plant was fossilized. So far the characters do not differ 



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from those of the genus Cmxiaites, except that in those plants the 

 spikes of fructification are more usually lateral than terminal. A 

 remarkable peculiarity, however, appears in the leaves, which 

 instead of having the veins parallel, have them forking at a 

 very acute angle, and slightly netted, by the spreading branches 

 of the veins uniting with the others near them. This allies the | 

 leaves with those of the provisional genus Noiyyerathta, some of j 



