Fossil Plants, Vol. 2 by A. C. Seward is a textbook for students of botany and geology, introducing fossil plants through essays and 265 illustrations. It explains their structure, diversity, and significance for understanding ancient ecosystems. It is useful for anyone interested in how past plant life helps interpret geological strata.
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FOSSIL PLANTS. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS London: FETTER LANE, E.C. C. F. CLAY, Manager Edinburgh: 100, PRINCES STREET London: H. K. LEWIS, 136, GOWER STREET, W.C. Berlin: A. ASHER AND CO. Leipzig: F. A. BROCKHAUS New York: G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS Bombay and Calcutta: MACMILLAN AND CO., Ltd. All Rights reserved
Part of a transverse section of a Permian Osmundaceous Fern stem,
Thamnopteris Schlechtendalii (Eichwald). a, outer xylem; b, inner xylem. For description, see page 329. (After Kidston and GwynneVaughan. Very slightly reduced.)
FOSSIL PLANTS
A TEXT-BOOK FOR STUDENTS
OF BOTANY AND GEOLOGY
BY
A. C. SEWARD, M.A., F.RS.
PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY; FELLOW OF ST JOHN’S
COLLEGE AND HONORARY FELLOW OF EMMANUEL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
WITH 265 ILLUSTRATIONS
VOL. II
CAMBRIDGE:
AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
1910
Cambridge: PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A. AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.
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