344 ' BOTANICAL GAZETTE [APRIL 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXVI 
Fic. 1.—Transverse section in two parts (a and db); X5. 
Fic. 2.—Radial section: at a, a possible branch; at 6, a Jeaf trace cut 
longitudinally; at c, one cut obliquely; and at d, the pitting shown in text 
fig1C; <5. 
Fic. 3.—Tangential section: a, 6, c, d are the fusiform rays; X5. 
Fic. 4.—Transverse section: showing tracheids and medullary rays with 
no annual rings; the figure is from three photographs combined; X 8o. 
Fic. 5.—Radial section of medullary rays; X40 
Fic. 6.—Tangential section of best preserved écetvlluty ray (a in fig. 3) 
from which text fig. 2 was drawn; X80. 
Fic. 7,—Tangential section of a medullary ray (d in fig. 3) with two aggre- 
gates of crystals of silica in it at a and b; X8o. 
Fic. 8.—Radial section of the leaf trace, from fig. 2b; X40. 
