olivaeforme

Updated: May 2, 2025

Trigonocarpum olivaeforme, Lindley, with its fleshy envelope. Hooker, be referred, like the Sternbergia, to the Coniferae. Its geological importance is great, for so abundant is it in the coal-measures, that in certain localities the fruit of some species may be procured by the bushel; nor is there any part of the formation where they do not occur, except the under-clays and limestone.

Sir Charles Lyell - The Student's Elements of Geology