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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of NatureStopes, Marie Carmichael

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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature

Name: Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature
Author: Stopes, Marie Carmichael

Stopes, Marie Carmichael

Paleobotany

_Bacillus_, 167.
  Bacteria, 167.
  _Baiera_, 101.
  Bast, 57, _32_.
  Bennettitales, 44, 102, 131.
  — general distribution of in time, 177.
  _Bennettites_, 103 et seq.
  — external appearance of, 103.
  — flower-like nature of fructification, 108.
  — fructification of, 104, _71_, 105, _72_.
  — seed of, 106, _73_.
  Bertrand, 2.
  _Betula_, 85.
  _Bignonia_, 84.
  Botryopterideæ, 125, 132.
  — description of group, 125.
  — fructifications of, 128.
  — petioles of, 127, _89_.
  — stem anatomy of, 126, _86_, _87_.
  — wood of, 128, _90_.
  _Botryopteris_, 126, 127.
  — axis with petiole, 127, _88_, _89_.
  _Bowmanites Römeri_, 158, 160.
  _Brachyphyllum_, 89.
  Brongniart, 2.
  Bryophytes, 163.


  _Calamites_, 147, 154, 157, 159, 160, 171.
  — branch of, 147, _104_.
  — _casheana_, 152.
  — cone of, 150, _109_, 151, _110_.
  — leaf of, 149, _107_.
  — node of, 149, _106_.
  — spores of, 152, _111_.
  — young roots of, 150, _108_.
  — young stem of, 148, _105_.
  Cambium, 57, _33_, 65, _43_, 66, _44_.
  Carbon, film of representing decayed plant, 12.
  Carbonate of magnesium, 20.
  Carbonates of lime, 19.
  Carpels, modified leaves, 78.
  Carruthers, 186.
  Casts of fossil plants, 8, 9, _2_, 10, _3_, _4_, 11, 12.
  — of seeds, 11, 12.
  — treatment of specimens of, 184.
  _Casuarina_, 83.
  Cells, similarity of living and fossil types of, 53.
  — principal types of, 53 et seq., _22_-_33_.
  Cell wall, 47, _17_.
  Centrifugal wood, 97, _65_.
  Centripetal wood, 97, _65_, 116.
  _Chara_, 16.
  Characeæ, 163.
  _Cheirostrobus_, 159, _118_, 160.
  Chloroplast, 47, _17_.
  Coal, origin of, 29 et seq.
  — of different ages, 33.
  — seams in the rocks, 24, _13_, _14_.
  — vegetable nature of, 25 et seq.
  — importance of, 17, Chap. III, p. 22 et seq.
  “Coal balls”, 18, 19, _10_, 20, 21, 22, 27, _15_, 163, 185.
  — — mass of, in coal, 28, _16_.
  Coal Measures, climate of, 172.
  Companion cells, 57, _32_.
  Concretions, 21, 22, 27, _15_, 28.
  — concentric banding in, 27, _15_.
  Conducting tissue in higher plants, 49, _19_, 50, _20_.
  Coniferales, conflicting observations among, 46.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  — male cell of, 52.
  _Corallina_, 166.
  Cordaiteæ, 39-88, 112.
  — comparison of fructifications with those of Taxeæ, 95.
  — description of family, 92.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  _Cordaites_, 40, 107, 176.
  — fructification of, 95, 96, _64_.
  — internal cast of stem, 10, _4_, 93, 94, 95.
  — leaves of, once considered to be Monocotyledons, 82, 93.
  — leaves of, 93, _61_, 94, _62A_.
  — possible common origin with Ginkgo, 102.
  — wood of, 94, _62B_.
  Cork, 56, _29_.
  — cambium, 56, _29_.
  Cross fertilization, 179.
  Cupresseæ, 88, 90.
  — description of, 91.
  _Cycadeoidea_, 103.
  Cycads in the Mesozoic period, 40, 41, 42, 113.
  — description of group, 109.
  — general distribution of in time, 177.
  — in Tertiary period, 85.
  — large size of male cones of, 110.
  — seeds of, 112.

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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of NatureStopes, Marie Carmichael

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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature

Stopes, Marie Carmichael

Paleobotany

_Bacillus_, 167.
  Bacteria, 167.
  _Baiera_, 101.
  Bast, 57, _32_.
  Bennettitales, 44, 102, 131.
  — general distribution of in time, 177.
  _Bennettites_, 103 et seq.
  — external appearance of, 103.
  — flower-like nature of fructification, 108.
  — fructification of, 104, _71_, 105, _72_.
  — seed of, 106, _73_.
  Bertrand, 2.
  _Betula_, 85.
  _Bignonia_, 84.
  Botryopterideæ, 125, 132.
  — description of group, 125.
  — fructifications of, 128.
  — petioles of, 127, _89_.
  — stem anatomy of, 126, _86_, _87_.
  — wood of, 128, _90_.
  _Botryopteris_, 126, 127.
  — axis with petiole, 127, _88_, _89_.
  _Bowmanites Römeri_, 158, 160.
  _Brachyphyllum_, 89.
  Brongniart, 2.
  Bryophytes, 163.


  _Calamites_, 147, 154, 157, 159, 160, 171.
  — branch of, 147, _104_.
  — _casheana_, 152.
  — cone of, 150, _109_, 151, _110_.
  — leaf of, 149, _107_.
  — node of, 149, _106_.
  — spores of, 152, _111_.
  — young roots of, 150, _108_.
  — young stem of, 148, _105_.
  Cambium, 57, _33_, 65, _43_, 66, _44_.
  Carbon, film of representing decayed plant, 12.
  Carbonate of magnesium, 20.
  Carbonates of lime, 19.
  Carpels, modified leaves, 78.
  Carruthers, 186.
  Casts of fossil plants, 8, 9, _2_, 10, _3_, _4_, 11, 12.
  — of seeds, 11, 12.
  — treatment of specimens of, 184.
  _Casuarina_, 83.
  Cells, similarity of living and fossil types of, 53.
  — principal types of, 53 et seq., _22_-_33_.
  Cell wall, 47, _17_.
  Centrifugal wood, 97, _65_.
  Centripetal wood, 97, _65_, 116.
  _Chara_, 16.
  Characeæ, 163.
  _Cheirostrobus_, 159, _118_, 160.
  Chloroplast, 47, _17_.
  Coal, origin of, 29 et seq.
  — of different ages, 33.
  — seams in the rocks, 24, _13_, _14_.
  — vegetable nature of, 25 et seq.
  — importance of, 17, Chap. III, p. 22 et seq.
  “Coal balls”, 18, 19, _10_, 20, 21, 22, 27, _15_, 163, 185.
  — — mass of, in coal, 28, _16_.
  Coal Measures, climate of, 172.
  Companion cells, 57, _32_.
  Concretions, 21, 22, 27, _15_, 28.
  — concentric banding in, 27, _15_.
  Conducting tissue in higher plants, 49, _19_, 50, _20_.
  Coniferales, conflicting observations among, 46.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  — male cell of, 52.
  _Corallina_, 166.
  Cordaiteæ, 39-88, 112.
  — comparison of fructifications with those of Taxeæ, 95.
  — description of family, 92.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  _Cordaites_, 40, 107, 176.
  — fructification of, 95, 96, _64_.
  — internal cast of stem, 10, _4_, 93, 94, 95.
  — leaves of, once considered to be Monocotyledons, 82, 93.
  — leaves of, 93, _61_, 94, _62A_.
  — possible common origin with Ginkgo, 102.
  — wood of, 94, _62B_.
  Cork, 56, _29_.
  — cambium, 56, _29_.
  Cross fertilization, 179.
  Cupresseæ, 88, 90.
  — description of, 91.
  _Cycadeoidea_, 103.
  Cycads in the Mesozoic period, 40, 41, 42, 113.
  — description of group, 109.
  — general distribution of in time, 177.
  — in Tertiary period, 85.
  — large size of male cones of, 110.
  — seeds of, 112.

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Ancient Plants: Being a Simple Account of the past Vegetation of the Earth and of the Recent Important Discoveries Made in This Realm of Nature

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