CARPOLITHES Sp. 45. 



PL XX, figs. 7 a, b. 



Thick woody bract. The attachment appears to have been at the rough edge 

 shown in the upper part of fig. 7a; if so the figures have been inverted. 



Length 3.2 mm., breadth 4.5 mm. Swalmen. 



CARPOLITHES? Sp. 46. 

 PI. XX, figs. 8 a, b. 



Perhaps only part of a rolled up leaf. It was thought at first to belong to a fruit. 



Swalmen. 



CARPOLITHES Sp. 47. 

 PL XX, figs. 9 a, b. 



Apex of a dehiscent fruit (?), or hard top of a soft fruit (?). Outer surface showing 

 a long sharp ridge culminating in a compressed point ; inner surface with 2 long parallel 

 septa, which may divide the interior into 3 locules. The specimen is so compressed that 

 fig. 9 b. shows only the two septa and two of the locules. 



Length 1.5 mm., breadth 4.0 mm. Reuver. 



CARPOLITHES Sp. 48. 

 PI. XX, fig. 10 a, b. 



An irregular depressed cone, with very thick wall and a small basal cavity or 

 infold, which has been closed by pressure; exterior closely striate with lines of minute 

 granules, radiating from a small depression at the apex and converging again into the 

 cavity. 



Length 2.5 mm., breadth 3.2 mm. Swalmen. 



CARPOLITHES Sp. 49. 



PI. XX, figs. 11-13. 



Bracts very thick and hard, irregularly ovate, very variable in shape; usually 

 showing a midrib and strong pinnate venation. 



Length 4.0 to 7.0 mm., breadth 1.4 to 2.0 mm. Reuver. 



The largest specimen shows more than one of these bracts in place. 



CARPOLITHES Sp. 50. 



PI. XX, fig. 14. 



Bracts ovate lanceolate, very thick and hard; with a strong midrib and fine 

 pinnate venation. 



Length 3.2 mm., breadth 1.7 mm. Brunssum. 



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