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EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXIII. 
Illustrating Mr. W. N. Edwards’s paper on Fossil Coniferous Wood from Kerguelen Island. 
Fig. 1. Cupressinoxylon antarcticum. Transverse section of wood, x 50. Slide V. 13616 a. 
Fig. 2. Same. Radial longitudinal section, x 50. V. 13615 d. 
Fig. 3. Same. Tangential section, x 50. V. 13612 c. 
Fig. 4. Dadoxylon kerguelense. Transverse section, showing resin in tracheides adjoining the 
rays, x 30. V. 5867 a. 
Fig. 5. Same, showing resin-filled area on the right and clear area on the left. X 30. 
V. 5867 a. 
Fig. 6. Same. Radial longitudinal section, showing bordered pits in one and two rows, and 
a medullary ray with 3-7 pits in the field, x 150. V. 5867 b. 
Fig. 7. Same. Radial section, showing semicircular blobs of resin in tracheides adjoining the 
rays, x 50. V. 5867 b. 
Fig. 8. Same. Tangential section, showing resin plates and blobs, x 50. V. 5867 c. 
All the slides are in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History). The 
photographs were taken by Mr. F. W. Edwards. 
