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Stratigraphy in association with upright tree stump
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Stratigraphy in association with upright tree stump

Figure Caption:
"1.=Shale. 2.=Shaly coal, 1 foot. 3.
Underclay with rootlets, 1 foot 2 inches. 4. Gray sandstone
passing downwards into shale, 3 feet. Erect tree with Stigmaria
roots (e) on the coal. 5. Coal, 1 inch. 6. Underclay with
roots, 10 inches. 7. Gray sandstone, 1 foot 5 inches.
Stigmaria rootlet continued from the bed above; erect
Calamites. 8. Gray shale, with pyrites. Flattened
plants."