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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12981056823).jpg 70 <br> PEOCEEDH GS OF THE GEOLOQICAL SOCIETY Apr 28 <br> Its venation is nndistinguishable from that of the elongated parallel- <br> veined leaves which I have usually referred to the genus Foacites ; <br> and I am inclined to suspect that these last notwithstanding their <br> parallel venation and elongated grass-Hke forms are really allied to <br> the Perns They were certainly low plants growing in dense clumps <br> in the coal-swamps figs 4 and 5 <br> Yig 4 ” Schizopteris Lower Coal-measures Nova Scotia <br> Yig 5 ” Poacites Lower Coal-measures Nova Scotia <br> Fig 4 Fig 5 <br> 'M <br> Poacites are among the most abundant fossils of all the members <br> of the coal-formation ; and I cannot find any specific distinction <br> except such as might be founded on the greater or less slenderness of <br> the leaves All have parallel veins raised on one side of the leaf <br> depressed on the other ; and in perfect specimens slender striae can <br> be detected between these giving the leaves an aspect akin to those <br> of the family Typhacece The veins are pretty constantly one-fiftieth <br> of an inch apart <br> An ill-preserved specimen from Horton resembles the genus <br> Sphaeredra L and H Similar though much smaller specimens <br> are figured by Dr Jackson as occurring at the Albert Mine 36161607 111474 51125 Page 70 Text v 15 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36161607 1859 Geological Society of London NameFound Poacites NameConfirmed Poacites NameBankID 4853136 NameFound Schizopteris NameConfirmed Schizopteris NameBankID 4853103 NameFound Sphaeredra Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 15 1859 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36161607 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36161607 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-07 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12981056823 2015-08-26 14 53 35 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1859 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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