Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 142
, the same scars on the outside, the same origins of root-like fibres, and the samepitting of the bottom ofthe shallow cup; buttheir form precludes thepossibility of their beingtree-roots. In somecases (Fig. 5), a groupof so-called palm-stems is inclosed in a space surrounded by aridge, and on… … Fio. 5. Calcareous Concretion inAeollin Limestone, Bermudas. 116 Wonders of Earth, Sea, and Sky tion of a long series of intermediate forms shows tobelong to the same category (Fig. 6). In the caves in the limestone, owing to a thread ofwater having found its way in a particular directionthrough…
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