FIGURE 35. Claiborne Floral Type 5 in Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Puryear clay pit (middle Eocene Cockfield Formation), western Tennessee, USA

FIGURE 35. Claiborne Floral Type 5: 1) UF15820- 061132, showing a vertically preserved flower with five persistent perianth parts. Scale bar equals 2 mm; 2) Enlargement of a perianth part in Figure 35.1 (indicated by arrow) to show reticulate fine venation. Scale bar equals 1 mm; 3) Enlargement of the ovary in Figure 35.1 to show triangular carpels (indicated by numbers). Scale bar equals 1 mm.