Author: Gideon Algernon Mantell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-31

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9781334115981

Excerpt from 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" I. - Various specimens of Fossil Wood, and fragments of Plants II. - Chie y examples of silicified Wood III. - Stigmaria, Calamites, and Wood IV. - Fronds of various Fossil Ferns species of Ferns and other Plants Fossil Fruits from the London clay of the Isle of Sheppey VII - Specimens of the Fruit of a species of Nipas, or Molucca Palm; from the Isle of Sheppey VIII - Figures of different portions of beautiful silicified Stems of Plants allied to the Arborescent Ferns; from Chemnitz IX. - Fossil Seed-vessels or Cones (lepidostrobus) of the Lepidodendron aquatic Plant (hyduiicu) in Coal shale XI. - A fine specimen of another species of Hydatica XII - A delicate aquatic Plant (myriophyllites) in Coal shale XIII - Portion of the Stem of the Calamites ramosus of Stems of another species of Calamite (calmiies dubius) of a Calamite very much resembling the Bamboo (calamites pseudo-bumbusia) XVI - Another species of Calamite (ualumites approximutus) XVII - Stem of another kind of Calamite (c'ulumites decoratus) XVIII - Fossil Stems allied to the Pandanus or Yucca (siembergiu trausversu) XIX. - Stem of a species of Si-gillaria (sigillaiiufibrosu) of another kind of Sigillaria XXL - Fossil Roots of Sigillaria (siigmuriuficoides) XXII - Another species of Stigmaria (sizymuria verrucosa) XXIII. - - Fragment of a Stigmaria with large tubercles XXIV. - Part of a Stem of a tree allied to Sigillaria (aspidiaria crisz'uia) XXV. - Stem of a Plant allied to the Arborescent Ferns (megapfiyiou) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."