Fossil Plants, Volume 2

About this eBook

Author

Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941

Title

Fossil plants, Vol. 2 : A text-book for students of botany and geology

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press,1910.

Credits

Peter Becker, Robert Tonsing, Utrecht University and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QE: Science: Geology

Subject

Paleobotany

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68470

Release Date

July 7, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FOSSIL PLANTS
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.ERRATA IN VOL. I
6. 6.CHAPTER XII [1] . — Sphenophyllum . — Cheirostrobus. — Group SPHENOPHYLLALES.
7. 7.CHAPTER XIII. — PSILOTALES. — Fossils described by authors as being closely allied to Psilotum. — Psilophyton.
8. 8.CHAPTER XIV. — LYCOPODIALES. — Lycopodiaceae. — Selaginellaceae. — Isoetaceae. — FOSSIL LYCOPODIALES. — Isoetaceae — Isoetites. — Pleuromeia. — Herbaceous fossil species of Lycopodiales. — Lycopodites. — Selaginellites. — Lycostrobus. — Poecilitostachys.
9. 9.CHAPTER XV. — Lepidodendron. — i. General. — ii. Leaves and Leaf-cushions. — iii. Lepidophloios . — iv. The Anatomy of Lepidodendron vasculare Binney [260] . Figs. 148–155 , 168 , A. — v. Lepidodendron stems as represented by casts and impressions of partially decorticated specimens. — vi. Lepidodendroid axes known as Ulodendron and Halonia. — vii. Anatomical characters of Vegetative Lepidodendron shoots ( Lepidodendron and Lepidophloios ). — viii. Fertile shoots of Lepidodendron.
10. 10.CHAPTER XVI. — i. General. — ii. Leaves. — iii. Fertile shoots of Sigillaria. — iv. The structure of Sigillarian stems. — v. Sigillaria Brardi [538] Brongniart. Figs. 196 , A–C; 200 ; 203 .
11. 11.CHAPTER XVII. — Stigmaria.
12. 12.CHAPTER XVIII. — Bothrodendron. Figs. 211–216 . — Pinakodendron . — Omphalophloios ( a genus of uncertain systematic position ). Figs. 193 , C, 217 . — General considerations.
13. 13.CHAPTER XIX. — i. Lepidocarpon. — ii. Miadesmia.
14. 14.CHAPTER XX. — I. Leptosporangiate Filicales. — Eufilicineae. — Osmundaceae [684] . ( Osmunda , Todea .) — Schizaeaceae. ( Schizaea , Aneimia , Lygodium , Mohria .) — Matonineae. ( Matonia. ) — Loxsomaceae. — Hymenophyllaceae. ( Hymenophyllum , Trichomanes .) — Cyatheaceae. ( Cyathea , Hemitelia , Alsophila , Dicksonia , Thyrsopteris .) — Dennstaedtiinae. ( Microlepia , Dennstaedtia .) — Polypodiaceae. — Parkeriaceae. ( Ceratopteris. ) — Dipteridinae. ( Dipteris. ) — The habit, leaf-form, and distribution of Ferns. — The Anatomy of Ferns. — II. Marattiales (Eusporangiate isosporous Filicales). — III. Ophioglossales. (Isosporous and Eusporangiate.)
15. 15.CHAPTER XXI. — Osmundaceae. — Schizaeaceae. — Gleicheniaceae. — Matonineae. — Hymenophyllaceae. — Cyatheaceae. — Polypodiaceae. — Dipteridinae.
16. 16.CHAPTER XXII.
17. 17.CHAPTER XXIII.
18. 18.CHAPTER XXIV.
19. 19.CHAPTER XXV. — I. Botryoptereae. — II. Zygoptereae.
20. 20.CHAPTER XXVI. — Marsiliaceae. — Salviniaceae. — Sagenopteris.
21. 21.CHAPTER XXVII. — Taeniopteris. — Weichselia. — Glossopteris. — Gangamopteris. — Lesleya. — Neuropteridium. — Cardiopteris. — Aphlebia. — Sphenopteris. — Mariopteris, Diplotmema, Palmatopteris. — Cephalotheca. — Thinnfeldia. — Lomatopteris. — Cycadopteris. — Ptilozamites. — Ctenopteris. — Dichopteris. — Odontopteris. — Callipteris. — Callipteridium. — Archaeopteris. — Neuropteris. — Cyclopteris. — Linopteris. — Alethopteris. — Lonchopteris. — Pecopteris.
22. 22.LIST OF WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT.
23. 23.INDEX
24. 24.Untitled

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