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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

Impression, form of fossil, _5_, 12, 13, _6_, 14, _7_, 15, 80, 81,
          _59_, 60.
  — treatment of specimens of, 184.
  Investigators of fossil plants, 2.
  Iron sulphide, 20.


  Jet, 17.
  Juglandaceæ, 83.


  Kauri pine, 93.
  Kew Gardens, 98.
  Kidston, 186.


  Labelling of specimens, 185.
  _Lagenostoma_, 76, _56_, 118, 119, _80_.
  _Laminaria_, 166.
  Lapworth, 186.
  Latex cells, 55, _27_.
  Lauraceæ, 85.
  Laurent, 186.
  Leaves, starch manufacture in cells of, 58.
  — fossil leaf anatomy, 59, _34_.
  — general similarity of living and fossil, 58.
  _Lepidocarpon_, 141, _100_.
  _Lepidodendron_, 9, 10, _3_, 21, _12_, 67, _46_, 72, 75, 134, 144, 145,
          157, 160, 171.
  — anatomy of stem of, 136, 137, _95_, 138, _96_, 139, _97_.
  — comparison of reproductive organs with those of living lycopods, 67,
          _46_.
  _Lepidodendron_, description of, 134.
  — distribution in the past, 177.
  — fructification of, 139, 140, _98_, 141, _99_.
  — huge stumps of, 134, frontispiece.
  — leaf bases, 10, _3_, 135, _93_.
  — leaf traces of, 139, _97_.
  — peculiar fructification of, 75, _54_.
  — petrifaction of leaves, 21, _12_.
  — rootlike organs of, 69.
  — secondary thickening in, 70, _48_, 71, _49_.
  — _selaginoides_, stem of, 137, _95_.
  — wood of, 70, _48_, 71, _49_.
  Liliaceæ, 82.
  Limestone, 7, _1_, 24, 25, 36.
  Lindley, 2, 186.
  Literature on fossil plants, 186.
  _Lithothamnion_, 166.
  Liverworts, 163.
  Lycopods, 38, 40, 42, 44, 67, 133, 175.
  — description of group, 133.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  — reproductive organs of, 67, _46_.
  — secondary wood in fossil, 70, _48_, 71, _49_.
  Lyell, 186.
  _Lyginodendron_, 115, 116, 122.
  — anatomy of stem of, 116, _78A_.
  — petioles of, 117, 118, _79_.
  — roots of, 117, _78B_.
  — seeds of, 118, 119, _80_.


  _Magnolia_, 83.
  _Marattia_, 130.
  Marattiaceæ, 125, 129.
  — appearance of, 130.
  — description of group, 129.
  _Marchantites_, 163.
  _Medullosa_, 72, 73, 119, 120, 121, _82_, _83_, 122, 123.
  — foliage of, 121, _83_.
  — probable seeds of, 121.
  — steles of, 72, _50_, 73, _51_, 120.
  Mesozoic, character of flora, 40.
  Metaxylem, 57, _31_.
  _Mycorhiza_, 165.
  _Micrococcus_, 167.
  Monocotyledons, 41, 44, 79.
  — relative antiquity of, 81, 82.
  Monostelic anatomy, 63, 126.
  Mosses, scarcity of fossils of, 162.
  Mosses, fossils of, 163.
  Mountain building, from deposits under water, 6.
  — — slow and continuous changes, 35.
  _Muscites_, 163.
  Mutation, 181.


  _Nematophycus_, 166.
  _Neuropteris_, leaf impression, _6_, 13.
  — foliage of _Medullosa_, 122.
  — with seed attached, 122, _85_.
  _Nipa_, 85.
  Nodules, 15, 16, _9_.
  Nucleus, 47, _17_.


  Oliver, 187.
  _Osmunda_, 125.
  Ovule, word unsuitable for palaeozoic “seeds”, 77.

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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

Impression, form of fossil, _5_, 12, 13, _6_, 14, _7_, 15, 80, 81,
          _59_, 60.
  — treatment of specimens of, 184.
  Investigators of fossil plants, 2.
  Iron sulphide, 20.


  Jet, 17.
  Juglandaceæ, 83.


  Kauri pine, 93.
  Kew Gardens, 98.
  Kidston, 186.


  Labelling of specimens, 185.
  _Lagenostoma_, 76, _56_, 118, 119, _80_.
  _Laminaria_, 166.
  Lapworth, 186.
  Latex cells, 55, _27_.
  Lauraceæ, 85.
  Laurent, 186.
  Leaves, starch manufacture in cells of, 58.
  — fossil leaf anatomy, 59, _34_.
  — general similarity of living and fossil, 58.
  _Lepidocarpon_, 141, _100_.
  _Lepidodendron_, 9, 10, _3_, 21, _12_, 67, _46_, 72, 75, 134, 144, 145,
          157, 160, 171.
  — anatomy of stem of, 136, 137, _95_, 138, _96_, 139, _97_.
  — comparison of reproductive organs with those of living lycopods, 67,
          _46_.
  _Lepidodendron_, description of, 134.
  — distribution in the past, 177.
  — fructification of, 139, 140, _98_, 141, _99_.
  — huge stumps of, 134, frontispiece.
  — leaf bases, 10, _3_, 135, _93_.
  — leaf traces of, 139, _97_.
  — peculiar fructification of, 75, _54_.
  — petrifaction of leaves, 21, _12_.
  — rootlike organs of, 69.
  — secondary thickening in, 70, _48_, 71, _49_.
  — _selaginoides_, stem of, 137, _95_.
  — wood of, 70, _48_, 71, _49_.
  Liliaceæ, 82.
  Limestone, 7, _1_, 24, 25, 36.
  Lindley, 2, 186.
  Literature on fossil plants, 186.
  _Lithothamnion_, 166.
  Liverworts, 163.
  Lycopods, 38, 40, 42, 44, 67, 133, 175.
  — description of group, 133.
  — general distribution in time, 177.
  — reproductive organs of, 67, _46_.
  — secondary wood in fossil, 70, _48_, 71, _49_.
  Lyell, 186.
  _Lyginodendron_, 115, 116, 122.
  — anatomy of stem of, 116, _78A_.
  — petioles of, 117, 118, _79_.
  — roots of, 117, _78B_.
  — seeds of, 118, 119, _80_.


  _Magnolia_, 83.
  _Marattia_, 130.
  Marattiaceæ, 125, 129.
  — appearance of, 130.
  — description of group, 129.
  _Marchantites_, 163.
  _Medullosa_, 72, 73, 119, 120, 121, _82_, _83_, 122, 123.
  — foliage of, 121, _83_.
  — probable seeds of, 121.
  — steles of, 72, _50_, 73, _51_, 120.
  Mesozoic, character of flora, 40.
  Metaxylem, 57, _31_.
  _Mycorhiza_, 165.
  _Micrococcus_, 167.
  Monocotyledons, 41, 44, 79.
  — relative antiquity of, 81, 82.
  Monostelic anatomy, 63, 126.
  Mosses, scarcity of fossils of, 162.
  Mosses, fossils of, 163.
  Mountain building, from deposits under water, 6.
  — — slow and continuous changes, 35.
  _Muscites_, 163.
  Mutation, 181.


  _Nematophycus_, 166.
  _Neuropteris_, leaf impression, _6_, 13.
  — foliage of _Medullosa_, 122.
  — with seed attached, 122, _85_.
  _Nipa_, 85.
  Nodules, 15, 16, _9_.
  Nucleus, 47, _17_.


  Oliver, 187.
  _Osmunda_, 125.
  Ovule, word unsuitable for palaeozoic “seeds”, 77.

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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

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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