THE CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD. 



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which date from the Devonian. The simply herbaceous ferns 

 are extremely numerous, and belong to such widely-distributed 



Fig. 109. — Calamites camuBformis. Carboniferous Rocks, Europe amd 

 North America. 



and largely-represented genera as Neuropteris, Odontopteris (fig. 



108), Alethopteris, Fecopteris, Sphe?iopferis, Hymejiophyllites^ &c. 



The fossils known as Calamites (fig. 109) are very common 



