96 ON YARIOUS DEPOSITS OP FOSSIL FLANTS IN QUEENSLAND, 



which I did not see. But fossil plants were brought to me with 

 impressions of a Sphenopteris which I do not think has been 

 described. The whole of these beds and those of Ipswich are 

 distinguished by fossil impressions of a very broad and long leaf 

 with parallel veins and no distinct mid rib. At present I do not 

 attempt to refer it to any order. 



4. Burrum Eiver coal beds. These are about 30 miles south 

 of those on the Burnett Eiver or half way between Bundaberg 

 and Maryborough. There are several seams. The coal is much 

 like that of the Burnett and inclined at the same angle, but their 

 relative positions have not been ascertained. I recognised some 

 long narrow leaves with parallel veins amongst the plant im- 

 pressions, and something like Zeugophyllites elongatus.. Mr. A. 

 C. Gregory informs me that he found Glossopteris amongst the 

 plant impressions, but the shale was so friable that it fell to 

 pieces and the impressions were destroyed. 



5. Eosewood Station about 25 miles west of EockhamjJton. 

 This is a formntion of sandstone and a grit of fine waterworn 

 gravel. There is no trace of coal or even dark coloured shale 

 yet every fragment of stone is covered with plant impressions in 

 the most beautiful state of preservation. There seems to be but 

 one or two species amongst them all. One is the broad leaved 

 plant with parallel veins already referred to. The other a fern 

 much like one found in abundance in the Clifton coal seam on 

 the Darling Downs. All the fossils are more or less stained with 

 per-oxide of iron. A more detailed account of this interesting 

 formation will be given on a future occasion. 



6. The Clifton coal seam, on the Darling Downs, about half- 

 way between Toowoomba and "Warwick. I have never seen a 

 good collection of fossils from this place, and as the workings 

 are now abandoned I could not obtain any on the spot. The 

 only ferns I saw were as just mentioned, a form which is very 

 like the one so common at Eosewood. 



