CARPOLITHES Sp. 36. 

 PI. XIX, fig. 23. 



Seed minute, compressed (?), oblong or semi*ovate (one edge missing); closely 

 covered with large regular hexagonal pits with thick walls. 



Length 1.6 mm., breadth 0.7 mm. Reuver. 



The missing part must have contained the hilum and micropyle, and the damaged 

 side appears to have been more curved than the one preserved. The linear arrangement 

 of the cells at the upper end (in the figure) must point either to the hilum or to the 

 micropyle, we cannot say which as that part is broken. The surface*sculpture is very 

 striking. 



CARPOLITHES Sp. 37. 

 PI. XIX, figs. 24 a, b, 25 a, b. 

 Fruit (?) hard bony with numerous irregular folds which form imperfect locules; 

 inside of locules striate transversely. 



Length (of larger fragment) 13 mm. Swalmen. 



These suggest hard woody placentas to which seeds were attached at the bottom 



of each fold, but the seeds must have been extremely irregular. We have the two frag* 



ments figured and a third 20 mm. in length; none of them shows any other part of 



the fruit. The anatomy is obscure. 



CARPOLITHES Sp. 38. 

 PI. XIX, figs. 26 a, b. 

 This minute specimen is obscure; we now think that it may be a very young 

 seed of Vitis. Brunssum. 



CARPOLITHES Sp. 39. 

 PI. XIX, fig. 27. 



Seed ovate compressed, with three strong thin ribs on either side; base missing; 

 apex showing a large micropyle surrounded by minute radiating striae. 



Length 3.5 mm., breadth 1.7 mm. Reuver. 



The aperture at the narrow end appears to be a micropyle ; but if the seed has 

 been torn in germination the micropyle must be at the opposite end, and the aperture 

 preserved intact must be the hilum. 



CARPOLITHES Sp. 40. 

 PI. XIX, figs. 28 a, b. 

 Carpel, probably forming part of capsule. The anatomy of this specimen is too 

 obscure for description. The deep groove shown in fig. 28 a is original, not due to 

 pressure. 



Length 3.0 mm., breadth 2.1 mm. Brunssum. 



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