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appear to be identical with those from South Africa ; the surface 

 featui-es are the same, and in both cases branch-scars occur. It is 

 possible, as Pliche suggests, that the stems are those of an 

 Araucarian plant, but whether their determination as coniferous or 

 cycadean is more likely to be correct must be left undecided. 



Plate v., fig. 2 (292c). 



A portion of a large piece of bark, 10 cm. by 9 cm. The axis 

 traversing the surface obliquely — as shown in the drawing — is prob- 



Text-figuee 5. 

 Benstedtia sp. 387c. (Nat. size.) 



ably a foreign body, and may be the rachis of Zamitcs recta. The 

 surface characters as shown in fig. 2 appear to be exactly of the type 

 described in the English specimens of Benstedtia. 



Text-fig. 5. A flattened cast, 8-5 cm. long and 2-7 cm. broad, 

 showing one branch-scar, s. The cast is for the most part covered 

 with a layer of bark exhibiting the characteristic tuberculated and 



