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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (12981025095).jpg 1858 <br> MIJECHISON NOETHERN HIGHLANDS ETC <br> 407 <br> or a species very like it; a Lycopodites 3 with long prostrate stems and secund <br> or one-sided foliage like that of the common Lycopodium clavatum This last <br> may of course be of quite a different natural order and even coniferous ; but its <br> general resemblance alone is implied in the name <br> Linear branched or dichotomous fragments some of them smooth i 2 and <br> destitute of all markings have also been found whilst others like them are <br> covered with small tubercles in quincunx order and are probably the roots of <br> the Lepidodendron 4 <br> The probabihty of the smooth forms i being also roots is very strong <br> Similar bodies occur in beds of the Upper Devonian series in N Devon and the <br> South of Ireland and in such a position with regard to the fluted stems of <br> Knorria with which they are associated as to lead to the belief that they are the <br> rootlets of that plant The larger ones have even markings similar to those of the <br> main stem <br> This probability is strengthened by finding similar linear specimens with <br> them which bear tubercles or excrescences at their tips and along their sides very <br> like those on the roots of Leguminous plants and many of the Conifers The <br> latter is the more probable analogy <br> Hugh Miller has indeed figxired a similar fossil as probably belonging to an <br> ancient marine plant resembhng the Zostera and has reasonably speculated on <br> the existence of wide fields of such vegetation on the muddy shores of the Old <br> Red period But our more perfect specimens justify the belief above-stated ; and <br> as yet there is no evidence of any marine plant in the Caithness schists The <br> vegetable remains have evidently been swept from adjacent lands into the sea <br> inhabited by the fishes above-mentioned <br> Fig 13 ” Fossil Plant-remains from the Old Red Sandstone of Caithness <br> From ' Siluria ' new edit p 290 <br> / 1 Branched rootlets of some Lycopodiaceous plant 2 Dichotomous roots <br> \ ery common of Lepidodendron upon a surface marked with double annelide- <br> urrows 3 Lycopodites Milleri Salter ; one-third nat size 4 Lepidodendron <br> nothum linger one-third nat size 5 Flattened root and 6 Fluted stem of <br> Coniferous tree about one-sixth nat size <br> A fossil plant very recently found diJffers from any one hitherto <br> published and is so peculiar from the rectangular setting-on of its <br> lateral branches that it is here figured ; and though its genus is 36161964 111474 51125 Page 407 Text v 15 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36161964 1859 Geological Society of London NameFound Knorria NameConfirmed Knorria NameBankID 4921585 NameFound Lepidodendron NameConfirmed Lepidodendron EOLID 13132167 NameBankID 4921583 NameFound Lepidodendron nothum NameFound Lycopodiaceous NameFound Lycopodites NameConfirmed Lycopodites NameBankID 4853060 NameFound Lycopodium clavatum NameConfirmed Lycopodium clavatum EOLID 599072 NameBankID 2644342 NameFound Zostera NameConfirmed Zostera EOLID 107291 NameBankID 2659793 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 15 1859 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36161964 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36161964 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-03-07 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/12981025095 2015-08-26 14 55 36 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1859 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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