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PLATE 55. V. I. p. 466.

Fig. l. A. B. C. Trunk, and dichotomous branches of a fossil tree, Lepidodendron Sternbergii, found in the roof of a coal mine at Swina, in Bohemia. (Sternberg, Tab. I.)

Fig. 2. The extremity of a branch with leaves attached to it, from ten to twelve inches long.* (Sternberg, Tab. II.)

Fig.3. Extremity of another branch, with indications of fructification somewhat resembling a cone. (Sternberg.)

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* By an error in copying this figure the branches are made too broad in proportion to the leaves.