252 DISTRIBUTION OF GLOSSOPTERIS, 



form which he considered to be identical with Glossopteris 

 hrowniana." 



If Messrs. Smyth and Wintle's statements are correct, and if 

 Mr. Johnston's plant be a true Glossopteris, it must be admitted 

 that the genus ranges into the Australasian Mesozoic beds, but it is 

 more than probable that G. (?) moribunda is only a lanceolate 

 Sageno'pteris after the type of Feistmantel's S.(?)longifolia. We 

 can only reiterate Mr. Johnston's wish to see the supposed G. 

 hrowniana critically examined and figured. 



In Victoria Glossopteris lias never yet been discovered, as far as 

 is known to us. Strata perhaps homotaxial with some of the 

 Glossopteris-hearing beds of Tasmania, New South Wales and 

 Queensland are known to occur at Bacchus Marsh and Wild-duck 

 Creek. At the former locality Gangamopteris is represented by 

 four species.*! 



In New South Wales Glossopte7'is occurs in profusion in the 

 productive Coal-measures of Permo-Carboniferous age, and, as 

 far as at present known, it isVwhoUy restricted in this Colony 

 to that horizon. The fact, however, should be mentioned 

 that Sir F. McCoy has recorded Glossopteris from the rocks of 

 Arowa, in New South Wales, the age of which is Cai'boniferous, 

 and therefore considerably older than that of the typical Permo- 

 Carboniferous rocks. J 



He states that G. linearis is " not uncommon " at the above 

 locality. This alleged occurrence, however, has not yet been con- 

 firmed, and no instance is known to us in New South Wales of 

 Glossopteris being associated with either Lepidodetidron or Rha- 

 copteris, though the.se last two are abundant in the local Carbo- 

 niferous Flora. 



The Permo-Carboniferous System of New South Wales in the 

 type district comprises in descending order the following 

 divisions : — 



*Sir F. McCoy, Prod. Pal. Vic. Dec. ii. 1875, pp. 11-13, PI. 12 and 13. 



tSelwyn, Phys. Geog. Geol. and Min. Vict. 1866, p. 16. 



JAnn. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1847, xx. p. 152. 



