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BENNBTTITALES 



[CH. 



linear bracts partially enclosing a strobilus with a portion of the 

 annular zone at the base in which the seminiferous scales are 

 shown in longitudinal-view and a few in apical-view. 



Williamsoma sp. cf. Williamsonia setosa Nathorst. 



A third example from the same locality (fig. 557) is described 

 by FeistmanteP as part of one of Williamson's 'carpellary discs^,' 



Fig. 557. Williamsonia sp. A, whorl of microsporophylls ; s, synangia ( ? ). 

 C, side-view of the basal portion of A. B, part of a microsporophyll enlarged. 

 (Indian Geological Survey; A, nat. size.) 



a comparison that is fully justified. The accompanying drawing 



has been carefully made from the actual specimen: portions of 



10 very hairy bracts radiate in a horizontal plane from a con- 



1 Feistmantel (77^) PI. xLiv. figs. 3, 4. ^ Williamson (70) PI. m. fig. 1. 



