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STUDIES IN FOSSIL BOTANY 



sterile appendages, which may be called the interseminal 

 scales. Towards the periphery of the fruit, in its 

 lower portion, the sterile organs are more numerous 



FlG. 202. — Bcnncttitcs GibsGnicinus. Longitudinal section of a fructification. ;-, recep- 

 tacle ; hi\ bracts, enclosing the fruit ; s, seeds, each borne at the summit of a long 

 pedicel, ficd. ; i.s., interseminal scales. X about 2, From LinneaH Soc. Trans. 

 After Carruthers. 



than the pedicels, and around the base of the recep- 

 tacle the former are present alone (Fig. 203, A). 



All the organs of the fruit are closely packed 

 together, and at its periphery {i.e. immediately within 



