. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. XXVll] APHLEBIA 527 or stipular structures which cannot "be connected with definite species of fronds. It is clear that some Aphlebiod leaflets, such as those of Dactylotheca, served as protective organs for the. Fig. 351. Scale-leaf of Gunnera manicata. (Slightly reduced. ) unexpanded pinnae', and in all probability the large Aphebiae served the same purpose as the fleshy stipules of Angiopteris and Marattia which cover the uncoiled fronds. The pinnatifid 1 See p. 406, fig. 293; Potonie (03) also figures a young fron
. Fossil plants : for students of botany and geology . Paleobotany. XXVll] APHLEBIA 527 or stipular structures which cannot "be connected with definite species of fronds. It is clear that some Aphlebiod leaflets, such as those of Dactylotheca, served as protective organs for the. Fig. 351. Scale-leaf of Gunnera manicata. (Slightly reduced. ) unexpanded pinnae', and in all probability the large Aphebiae served the same purpose as the fleshy stipules of Angiopteris and Marattia which cover the uncoiled fronds. The pinnatifid 1 See p. 406, fig. 293; Potonie (03) also figures a young frond of Dactylo- theca plumosa partially covered by Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seward, A. C. (Albert Charles), 1863-1941. Cambridge : University Press
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