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A. C. Seward (1863 1941) was an eminent English geologist and botanist who pioneered the study of palaeobotany. After graduating from St John's College, Cambridge, in 1886 Seward was appointed a University Lecturer in Botany in 1890. In 1898 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and was appointed Professor of Botany in 1906. These volumes, published to great acclaim between 1898 and 1919, provide a detailed discussion and study of an emerging science. In the early nineteenth century, research and critical literature concerning palaeobotany was scattered across disciplines. In these volumes Seward synthesised and revised this research and also included a substantial amount of new material. Furnished with concise descriptions of fossil plants, detailed figures and extensive bibliographies these volumes became the standard reference for palaeobotany well into the twentieth century. Volume 2, first published in 1910, contains systematic descriptions of fossil ferns.

Table of Contents

12. Spenophyllales (continued from volume 1); 13. Psilotales; 14. Lycopodiales; 15. Arborescent lycopodiales; 16. Sigillaria; 17. Stigmaria; 18. Bothrodendreae; 19. Seed-bearing plants closely allied to members of the Lycopodiales; 20. Filicales; 21. Fossil ferns. 22. Marattiales (fossil); 23. Psaronieae; 24. Ophiglossales (fossil); 25. Coenopterideae; 26. Hydropterideae and Sagenopteris; 27. Genera of Pteridosperms, ferns, and plantae incertae sedis; Bibliography; Index.

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The standard volumes on palaeobotany which synthesised earlier work and included new research, first published between 1898 and 1919.

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A. C. Seward (1863-1941) was an eminent English botanist and geologist. In these volumes, published between 1898 and 1919, Seward synthesised and revised the existing research on palaeobotany and included new material. Volume 2 contains systematic descriptions of fossil ferns.

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A. C. Seward (1863-1941) was an eminent English botanist and geologist. In these volumes, published between 1898 and 1919, Seward synthesised and revised the existing research on palaeobotany and included new material. Volume 2 contains systematic descriptions of fossil ferns.

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