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which appear to commence in the Upper Silurian, are well 

 represented in the Devonian, and survive in a diminished form 

 into the Permian. The trunks of the larger species of Lepido- 



Tlg. 109. Catamites cannatformia . Carboniferous Rocks, Europe and 

 North America. 



dendron at times reach a length of fifty feet and upwards, giv- 

 ing off branches in a regular bifurcating manner. The bark 



