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ABIETINEAE 



[CH. 



The type-specimen bears a resemblance to P. Leckenbyi (fig. 

 779) ; the scales are broad and thin at the distal end and the axis is 

 relatively slender. The French specimens from Lower Cretaceous 

 rocks referred by Fliche to this species as Cedrus oblonga are con- 

 sidered by Dr Stopes to be specifically identical with Pityostrohus 

 LecTcenhyi. 



Fig. 781. 



Pityostrohus oblongus. (After Lindley and Hutton, from Stopes; 

 nat. size.) 



Pityostrohus hexagonus (Carruthers). 



A large cone 15 cm. long and 4 cm. in diameter composed of 

 stout woody scales with hexagonal apophyses was described by 

 Carruthers as Pinites hexagonus from the Gault of the South of 

 England^; it agrees externally with recent cones of the Pinaster 

 type but the distal ends of the scales are almost flat and nothing 

 is known of the internal structure. The species may be compared 

 with the Lower Cretaceous species P. Quenstedti Heer^. 



Pityostrohus {Pinites) Andraei (Coemans). 



The cones of this species (fig. 782), the commonest type in the 

 Lower Cretaceous rocks of Hainault*, are 10 — 14 cm. long and 



' Carruthers (71) p. 2, PI. xv. 

 3 Coemans (66) p. 12, PI. iv. fi 



2 Heer (71^). 

 . 4; PI. V. fig. 1. 



