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MEDULLOSA 



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Superficially the anatomical structure is similar to that of 

 the petioles of Angiopteris or Marattia, and both WilHamson^ and 

 Eenault placed Myeloxylon in the Ferns ; but the collateral form 

 of the vascular bundles, the position of the protoxylem, and the 

 arrangement of the hypoderm tissues., are cycadean features. 



Myeloxylon radiatum (Renault). 



This type is characterised by the radially elongated stereome 

 of the hypoderm. Prof. Zeiller^, who has given a very clear and 



EVg. 420. A, B, Myeloxylon radiatum ; A, petiole ^ nat. size ; B, vascular bundle. 

 C, Myeloxylon ap. vascular bundle; px, protoxylem. B, MeduUosa anglica; 

 section of pinnule. (A, B, after ZeiUer; D, after Scott.) 



concise description of Myeloxylon, is disposed to regard Cotta's 



MeduUosa elegans as a specifically distinct form on the ground 



that there are two concentric zones of stereome in the hypoderm ; 



1 WiUiamson (76) B. p. 8. " Zeiller (90) B. 



