4 o STUDIES IN FOSSIL BOTANY 



Grand'Eury, they appear to have had several parallel 

 nerves, but nothing is known as to the internal 

 structure of these specimens. The late Mr. Hick of 

 Manchester 1 published an interesting paper on the 

 structure of the leaves of Catamites, in which he gave a 

 full account of the anatomy of the small leaves which 



Fig. 14. — Catamites, sp. Transverse section of a bud at the apex of a small twig, 

 showing axis, with parts of two whorls of leaves. L, a leaf of outer verticil ; L , leaf 

 of inner verticil, in connection with stem. X 30. S. Coll. 171. (G. T. G.) 



were borne on the most minute twigs. In various 

 cases the axis bearing these appendages clearly shows 

 the structure of Catamites. We know, from the evidence 

 of impressions, that leaves of much larger dimensions 

 were borne on the stems and more considerable 



1 Mem. and Proc. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Sol. set", iv. vol. i.\. 

 p. 179, 1S95. 



