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XIX.—Contributions to the Study of the Old Red Sandstone Flora of Scotland. VI. On Zosterophyllum myretonianum, Penh., and Some Other Plant-remains from the Carmyllie Beds of the Lower Old Red Sandstone. VII. On a Specimen of Pseudosporochnus from the Stromness Beds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

W. H. Lang
Affiliation:
Barker Professor of Botany in the University of Manchester.

Extract

Among the commonest and most abundant plant-remains in the Carmyllie and Cairnconon Beds of the Caledonian Lower Old Red Sandstone are branched linear axes about 2 mm. in width. These often occur in a fragmentary condition, but more connected portions demonstrating the morphology of the plant are also found. Though often associated with Parka and Nematophyton, the plant known as Zosterophyllum myretonianum is usually readily recognisable by its definite outline and uniform diameter, by its modes of branching, and by the remains of structure which it sometimes retains. As will be seen below, the axis of this plant was traversed by a single median strand that was composed of tracheides. Zosterophyllum is thus of special interest as the most ancient vascular plant known from British rocks. Some other plant-remains that may be confused with it have also been met with, though less commonly. These will be briefly considered, not merely for this reason, but on account of the very different and peculiar type of structure they exhibit.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1927

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page 444 note * Salter's “Rootlets with Lateral Tubercles,” cited by Penhallow, are now known as Hostimella racemosa.

page 444 note * Loc. cit., p. 12.

page 445 note * Loc. cit., p. 11, pl. ii, fig. 3.

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page 454 note * Flore Dévonienne de l'étage H. de Barrande, p. 25, figs. 54–81.