FIGURE 72. Claiborne Bract Type 1 in Fruits, seeds and flowers from the Puryear clay pit (middle Eocene Cockfield Formation), western Tennessee, USA

FIGURE 72. Claiborne Bract Type 1: 1) UF15820-059452, an orbicular bract with auricular base on one side and slightly cordate base on the other side. Note parallel veins in the middle and convergent veins on two lateral sides of the bracts; 2) Enlargement of Figure 72.1 to show trichomes; 3) UF15820-059456, bract with a cordate base; 4) UF15820-059454, an ovate bract. Note parallel veins in the middle and convergent veins on lateral sides of the bract; 4) UF15820-059462, a lanceolate bract. All scale bars equal 3 mm, except in Figure 72.2, which equals 1 mm.