Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13365388704).jpg <br> was written owing to the constant wasting of the chfPs several new <br> trees have been exposed particularly a fine fluted Sigillaria 18 inches <br> in diameter seen in fig 7 ith strong roots penetrating down- <br> wards at an angle of 45 and piercing through the three-inch layer <br> of mixed coal and shale X o 182 <br> i and Jc In the arenaceous shale X'o 183 several small Sigillariae <br> are found at two distinct levels some being rooted about the middle <br> of the bed and others near the top They have Stigmaria roots with <br> rootlets which as before mentioned have already been described in <br> this Journal f <br> l Two small SigillariEe occur in bed X'o 185 Stigmaria roots are <br> seen near them but not in actual contact <br> 7n The shale roof Xo 189 of the Main Coal has famished a great <br> number of upright trees with long spreading roots and rootlets which <br> it is not necessary to enumerate here three of the most interesting <br> having been described at length in the Journal viz a Lepidoden- <br> dron; ; with Srigmaria-like roots and two curious specimens of Sigil- <br> laria alternans I may observe that Sigillarise appear to be the <br> most common but I have never seen any larger than 14 inches in <br> diameter <br> Vol ii p 393 <br> t Hid <br> Vol iv p 46 <br> Vol V p 354 36933955 113689 51125 Page 130 Text v 6 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36933955 1850 Geological Society of London NameFound Sigillaria NameConfirmed Sigillaria EOLID 13132168 NameBankID 4343184 NameFound Stigmaria NameConfirmed Stigmaria EOLID 6133541 NameBankID 4853119 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 6 1850 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36933955 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36933955 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-23 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13365388704 2015-08-26 12 00 37 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1850 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |