distinguish Sequoia from Athrotaxis . 389 
is common, straight ones are found too, both in the Bovey and in the 
Hordle material. The embryo in the fossil is long and narrow, and the 
wing is thick and horny in texture. The testa is covered with close 
longitudinal striae whose direction of curvature conforms over the embryo 
Fig. 4. Cone-scales, (a), S. Couttsiae, upper surface, (c), Do., lower surface, (b), Athrotaxis 
laxifolia , upper surface, (cl), Do., lower surface, e , escutcheon ; x, .stalk ; b , bract ; o, seminilerous 
scale ; h , attachment of seed. All magnified. 
Fig. 5. Seeds. ( a ), S. Couttsiae ; ( b), Athrotaxis selaginoides. e, embryo; w, wing. 
to the curvature of the embryo, over the wing to the curvature of the wing 
(Fig. 5, a). In the hollows between the striae pits occur in longitudinal 
rows ; they are most conspicuous in worn specimens. The likeness which 
the fossils bear to recent Sequoia seeds, more especially to S. sempervirens , 
is very striking. 
In Athrotaxis the seeds, instead of being horny and tough all over 
