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Echinostrohus rajmalialensis may be referred to as one of the many 

 similar types of Coniferous shoots, also the widely spread species 

 Brachyphyllum maviillare Brongn., but without more material 

 specific identification is hopeless. 



Plate VI., fig. 13 (299c). 



The figure represents a portion of the specimen ; the branch was 

 clothed with crowded and spirally disposed leaves, which were 

 proljably of the thick and fleshy Bracliyphyllum type. 



Associated with Araucarites scales and with Zamitcs recta. 



Plate YL, fig. 18 {318c). 



A small piece of a branched twig showing a well-defined reticulum 

 marking the spaces between the crowded leaves or leaf -cushions. 

 Bach mesh of the reticulum is occupied by a flat area divided into 

 an upper and a lower region, and showing in the upper third of the 

 median line a patch of carbonaceous material. The whole (fig. 18) 

 presents a superficial resemblance to the leaf-cushion and leaf-scar 

 of a Lejndondendron. 



The portion figured has a length of 3-5 mm. 



In addition to fragments like that represented in fig. 13, pi. vi., a 

 few smaller examples of coniferous twigs occur (351c, 355c) of the 

 type shown in fig. 2. These smaller pieces show the apices of the 

 appressed and thick leaves projecting slightly from the axis of 

 the branch. A comparison may be made between these more 

 slender shoots and the European Wealden species Sphenolepidiuiii 

 kurrianuvi (Schenk), but it would be rash to suggest specific 

 identity. 



Genus CONITES Sternberg. 

 Coxites sp. o. 



Plate YL, figs. 2, 2rt. 



The two small and somewhat obscure cones shown in fig. 2 (310c) 

 appear to be attached to a slender branched axis, but they are not 

 in organic connection with the adjacent twig. It is impossible to 

 determine the nature of these cones, whether male or immature 

 female ; the small dimensions suggest a comparison with the male 

 flowers of recent Coniferae, but, on the other hand, the comparatively 



