180 THE LATE DR. NEWELL ARBER: CRITICAL STUDIES 
1904. Lepidophyllum lanceolatum, Zalessky, in Mém. Com. Géol. St. Pétersb., N.S. 
Livr. 13, p. 104, pl. 6. fig. 2; pl. 7. fig. 10. 
1907. Lepidophyllum lanceolatum, Zalessky, in Bull. Com. Géoi. St. Pétersb. vol. xxvi. 
No. 134, p. 384, pl. 13. fig. 12. 
1907. Lepidophyllum lanceolatum, Zalessky, ibid. vol. xxvi. p. 438, pl. 18. fig. 7. 
1911, Lepidophyllum lanceolatum, Kidston, in Mém. Mus. Roy. Hist. Nat. Belgique, 
vol. iv. p. 153. 
Sporophylls attached. 
1855. ? Sagenaria dichotoma (= Lepidostrobus lepidophyllaceus), Geinitz, Vers. Stein- 
kohlenf. Sachs. p. 34, pl. 2. fig. 7. 
1870. Lepidostrobus oblongifolius, Lesq., Geol. Rep. Illinois, vol. iv. p. 441, pl. 90. 
figs. 9, 3b. 
1879-80. Lepidostrobus oblongifolius, Lesq., Coal Flora Pennsylv. vol. ii. p. 437, pl. 69. 
fig. 29. 
1886-88. Lepidophyllum lanceolatum, Zeiler, Flore Foss. Bass. Houill. Valenciennes, 
p. 505, pl. 77. fig. 8. 
1899. Lepidostrobus variabilis, Hofmann & Ryba, Leitpflanzen, p. 86, pl. 16. fig. 6. 
Diagnosis.—Sporophyll lanceolate, or slightly ovate-lanceolate, between 
4 and 5 em. long and 5-10 mm. (usually 7 or 8 mm.) broad at its widest 
part. Lamina acute and sometimes distinctly acuminate. Pedicel about 
1 cm. long, wedge-shaped, lower angle acute. Nerve often broad, prominent. 
Remarks. 
V. 2944. A specimen from the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), from the 
Upper Coal Measures of Somerset, is figured natural size on PI. 8. fig. 14. 
It shows the laminas of several sporophylls of the broader type very 
clearly. 
No. 2415. A small sporophyli from the Transition Coal Measures of Kent 
is figured natural size on Pl. 8. fig. 15. The tip of the apex is not seen. 
This sporophyll exceeds 4 cm. in length, but is only 6 mm. across at its 
greatest width. 
No. 2904. Another large sporophyll from the Middle Coal Measures of 
Pembrokeshire is seen natural size on Pl. 8. fig. 16. It exceeds 4°8 cm. in 
length, the tip not being disclosed, and is 7 mm. across at its widest part. 
No. 2417. The base of a sporophyll from the Transition Coal Measures of 
Kent is shown enlarged on PI. 8. fig. 17 to illustrate the pedicel in this 
species. 
Type. Lindley and Hutton’s in Hancock Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
Distribution. Lower to Upper Coal Measures. 
Upper Coal Measures. 
Coalfields :—Radstock. South Staffordshire. 
Transition Coal Measures. 
Coalfields :—Kent. Wyre Forest South. North Staffordshire. South 
Lancashire. 
