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Mr. R. Kidston on the Affinities of the 



the 



upper 



end of 



the present example, 

 which may perhaps 

 belong to it as a fruc- 

 tification ; but, owing 

 to its indistinctness, a 

 closer investigation is 

 impracticable "*. 



St 



or 



gives 



a 



very 



( Astero- 



full description of his 

 figure of this frag- 

 mentary cone of B. 

 radiata, of which the 

 following abstract 

 contains the principal 

 points which demand 

 our attention ; 



At the base of the 

 spike the remains of 

 a whorl of leaves are 

 shown ; in the whorl 

 of leaves immediately 

 below this ; one of the 

 leaves reveals its 

 characteristic dicho- 

 tomous structure. In 

 the middle of the pre- 

 served portion of the 

 cone, the presence of 

 a second leaf-whorl is 

 indicated by a single 

 leaf. At the upper 

 part of the cone por- 

 tion is a ik receptacu- 

 lum" so exposed that 

 one is enabled to see 

 its outer surface. He 

 further states that this 

 " recejrtaculum " ap- 

 pears as if " divided 

 into four slightly ele- 

 vated lappets;'' and 

 he supposes that each 



showing 



of the " lappet 



cor- 



Branch of Bornia radiata, Bremen. 

 phyllites spaniophyUm, Feist in?)/ «„„,«„ . -~ . 



fragment of a fruit and foliage. (Copied responds to the posi- 

 froni Feistmantel, /. r.) ** 



tion of a sporangium 

 attached below. 



* Feistmantel, /. r. p, 498. 



