Fig, 4. Transverse section of a stem of calcareous wood from the Bath oolite
English: Identifier: pictorialatlasof00mant (find matches) Title: A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology." Year: 1850 (1850s) Authors: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852 Parkinson, James, 1755-1824. Organic remains of a former world Artis, Edmund Tyrell, 1789-1847. Antediluvian phytology Subjects: Paleontology Publisher: London, H. G. Bohn Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ng a central embryo. If the habits of the plants which produced these fossil fruits were similar to those of therecent Nipa, it will account for their amazing abundance in the London Clay of the Isle ofSheppey; which formation, from the great variety of fossilized stems and branches, mixedup Avith asteria, mollusca, and conchifera of numerous marine and fresh-water genera, isstrikingly characterized as having been the delta of an immense river, which probably flowedfrom near the Equator towards the spot where these interesting remains are now deposited. Figs. 6, 7, & 8. Specimens of a seed-vessel, or nut, of an unknown plant, often found in thestrata of the coal measures. It is called Trigonocarpum olivceforme, from its generalshape. From Leicestershire; it probably belongs to a plant of the Palm family. 1 See an account of an Excursion to the Isle of Sheppey, Medals of Creation, vol. ii. p. 897.= History of the Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the London Clay. Van Voorst, London, 1840. Text Appearing After Image: EOSSIL FLOKA. 33 PLATE VIII. Petrified Stems and Woods. Figs. I—7, represent diflferent sections and parts of some remarkably beautiful and interestingsiliclfied stems of an extinct tribe of plants, related to the arborescent ferns, andwhich are found in considerable abundance at Chemnitz, near HUiersdorf, inSaxony. The name of Psaronius is given to the genus by M. Cotta. Figs. 1, 2, 5, 7, are P. helmintholithes; figs. 3, 6, P. asteroUthes; figs. 5, 6, 7, are enlarged figuresof the transverse sections of some of the vessels forming the vascular tissue. From the stellular figure produced by transverse sections of the vessels, this fossil wood hasreceived the name of ^ Staarenstein, or Starry-stone. In the time of Mr. Parkinson, thetubes now known to be the vessels of the vascular tissue, were supposed to have beenproduced by some boring or parasitical animals. Fig, 4. Transverse section of a stem of calcareous wood from the Bath oolite. Figs. 8, & 9. Calcareous fossil wood; the c Note About Images 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 work.