[10]From the Cretaceous deposits of North America several fossil forms (Brachyphyllum, Protodammara) are described which show clear affinities with the family as it is now constituted. (See Hollick and Jeffrey; reference in the Appendix.)
[11]The addition of -oxylon to the generic name of any living type indicates that we are dealing with a fossil which closely resembles the living type so far as we have information from the petrified material.
[12]See reference in the Appendix to this richly illustrated volume.
[13]For fuller description of this interesting cone, see Scott’s Studies, p. 114 et seq.
[14]A brackish swampy land is physiologically dry, as the plants cannot use the water. See Warming’s Oecology of Plants, English edition, for a detailed account of such conditions. For a simple account see Stopes’ The Study of Plant Life, p. 170.
[15]The student interested in this special flora should refer to Arber’s British Museum Catalogue of the Fossil Plants of the Glossopteris Flora.
INDEX
(Italicized numbers refer to illustrations)
Abietineæ, [88], [89], [90]. — family characters of, [91]. Algæ, [44], [47], [165]. — brown, [166]. — green, [165]. — red, [165]. Alnus, [85]. Amber, [17]. Amentiferæ, [84]. Anatomy of fossil plants, likeness in detail to that of living plants, [53] et seq. — — — — differences in detail from that of living plants, [69] et seq. Andromeda, [84]. Angiosperms, comparison with Bennettitales, [103]. — early history of, [79] et seq. — general distribution of in time, [177]. — later evolution of, [178]. — male cell of, [52]. Araliaceæ, [85]. Araucareæ, [88], [90], [111]. — description of, [90]. — primitive characters of, [89]. Araucarioxylon, [93], [95]. Arber, [173]. Archæocalamites, [152]. Artocarpaceæ, [85]. Asterochlaena, [126], [127], [86], [89].
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].