. Elements of geology. Geology. 252 LYELL'S ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY. Fossil Plants of the Coal Strata, Fig-. S igmnruijlcoidcs, Broiig. Oiu;-lourth of nat. size. (Foss. Flo. 32.) StigmaricB.—Fragments of a plant which has been called Stigmaria Jicoides, occur in great numbers in ahuost every coal-pit. It is supposed to have been a huge succulent water- plant of an extinct family; thin transparent sections of the stem exhibiting an anatomical structure quite different from the wood of any living tree.* According to the conjectures of some bota- Fig. 263. anists, it approached most nearly to t
. Elements of geology. Geology. 252 LYELL'S ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY. Fossil Plants of the Coal Strata, Fig-. S igmnruijlcoidcs, Broiig. Oiu;-lourth of nat. size. (Foss. Flo. 32.) StigmaricB.—Fragments of a plant which has been called Stigmaria Jicoides, occur in great numbers in ahuost every coal-pit. It is supposed to have been a huge succulent water- plant of an extinct family; thin transparent sections of the stem exhibiting an anatomical structure quite different from the wood of any living tree.* According to the conjectures of some bota- Fig. 263. anists, it approached most nearly to the family Lycopodiacem; according to others, to Euphorhiacece. Mr. Hutton discovered one of these Stigmarise form- ing a huge dome-shaped body, from which twelve branches spread horizontally in all directions, each, usually dividing into two arms, from twenty to thirty feet long, to which leaves of great length were attached. Dr. Buck- land imagines these plants to have grown in swamps, or to have floated in lakes like the modern I shall postpone some general remarks on the climate of the Carboniferous period, arising out of the contemplation of its flora, until something has been said of the contemporaneous Mountain limestone and its marine 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 Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875; Gibbes, Lewis Reeve, 1810-1894, former owner. DSI; Merrill, George P. (George Perkins), 1854-1929, former owner. DSI. Philadelphia : James Kay, Jun. and Brother ; Pittsburgh : C. H. Kay & Co.
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