FIGURE 45. Claiborne Infructescence Type 6 in Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Bovay and Bolden clay pits (early Eocene Tallahatta Formation, Claiborne Group), northern Mississippi, USA

FIGURE 45. Claiborne Infructescence Type 6: 1) UF15737-059315. Showing laterally compressed infructescence with an incomplete peduncle. Note the presence of persistent perianth parts (indicated by white arrows) and pedicels on individual fruit (indicated by black arrows). Scale bar equals 1 mm; 2) Enlargement of Figure 45.1 to show trichome bases on peduncle. Scale bar equals 0.5 mm.