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DOLEROPHYLLTJM 



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of the Cyclopteroid leaflets figured by Eoehl^ on Neuropteris fronds 

 dif!er but slightly from those of D. pseudopeltatum. The shoot 

 showing large leaf-scars figured by Saporta and Marion^ as proba- 

 bly the axis of a Dokrophyllum may well be a piece of Cordaites. 



Microsporophylls assigned to Dolerophyllum. 



Certain problematical fossils found in association with the 

 sterile leaves of Dolerophyllum Berthieri have been described by 



Fig. 432. A. Dolerophyllum Goepperti, section of vein. B. Dolerophyllum 

 Berthieri; s, ' microspores. C. Dolerophyllum fertile. D. Dolerophyllum 

 fertile, microspores. (After Renault.) 



Renault as the male organs of that species. These are elhptical 



discs, 6x5 cm., with an excentrically placed stalk : embedded 



in a carbonised lamina are numerous rows of elhptical bodies, 



1 Roehl (69) B. PI. xvn. ^ Saporta and Marion (85) fig. 29. 



