BY A. B. WALKOM. 189 



identical with Feistmantel's species A. cntchensis. It is about 

 13 mm. long and is 1 1 nun. wide at the top and 3 mm. at the 

 base; there is no apical spine, though one may have been present. 

 The depression occupied by the seed shows quite distinctly and 

 is about 8mm. long and 3mm. broad at the widest part; its 

 broader end is towards the apex of the scale. 



The specimen is very similar to those described from Rhaetic 

 and C?)Lower Jurassic rocks in New Zealand and also from the 

 .1 urassic of India. 



Two types of scale have been figured from the Jurassic of 

 Victoria by Seward as Araucarites sp.A, and Araucarites sp.B, 

 but both are rather different from the present example. From 

 the Lower Cretaceous (Burrum Series) in Queensland, scales have 

 also been described as Araucarites Arberi,* but they also are 

 lather different from the Bexhill specimen. 



In view of my description recently of a fragment of an Arau- 

 carian conef borne on a stem to which were attached leaves of 

 the Podozamites type, it is interesting to note that the present 

 scale occurs in association with examples of Podozamites. Evi- 

 dence is thus tending to show that the leaves we refer to Podo- 

 zamites in Australia are coniferous and it would give a better 

 idea of their affinities if they were designated Araucarites 

 ( Podozamites). 



The specimen figured is No. L. 14 in Mr. Mitchell's collection. 



Araucarites (Podozamites) gracilis Arber. 

 (Plate viii., fig.2). 

 11)17. Podozamites gracilis, Arber, N. Z. Geol. Survey, Pal. Bull. 

 G, p.54, tigs. 11, 12. 

 "Shoots exceeding 20cm. in length. Leases spirally arranged, 

 linear lanceolate, up to 6 cm. in length, and 4 mm. to 5 mm. 

 broad at their greatest width. Base gradually contracted hut 

 not decurrent, apex acuminate. Nervesabout 5 to 7 in number, 

 parallel." (Arber). 



Queensland GeoL Survey, Pub. 263, p. 40. 

 I Queensland Geol, Survey, Pub. >iv±, p. 11. 



