BY THE REV. J. E. TENISON-WOODS, F.G.S., F.L.S. 125 



Glossopteris tceniopterioides. Feist. (1. c, p. 92, pi. 9, fig. 1, la.) 

 Frond simple, elegant in form, oblong, ovato-spathulate, attenuate 

 at the base, costa, valid, striate or grooved. Veins emerging at 

 nearly a right angle, giving at first sight the appearance of a 

 Tceniopteris. Under the lens the venation is seen to form an 

 oblong, narrow, obliquely acute parallel network which is some- 

 times indistinctly polygonal. The costa is stiff and straight. Only 

 one specimen was known to Dr. Feistmantel, which came from 

 Blackman's Swamp coal beds. 



Glossopteris wilkinsoni, Feist. (1. c, 92, pi. 13, fig. 1, la.) 

 Frond extremely narrow, sub-parallel, strap shaped. Costa 

 distinct, produced at the apex ; veins sub-horizontal, dichotomous, 

 anastomosing usually once near the apex, forming an oblong 

 network, with a few smaller meshes towards the margin of the 

 rachis. Locality, Blackman's Swamp. 



Glossopteris parallela. Feist. (1. c, p. 93, pi. 9. fig. 2, 3, 4.) 

 Frond very long, simple, elongately ovate, apex unknown, costa 

 distinct, grooved in the middle. Veins emerging at an angle of 

 30 deg. in the lower portion and at an angle of 20 deg. in the 

 upper portion of the frond, dichotomous, parallel, but anastomosing, 

 forming a distinct oblong polygonal net, which is narrower towards 

 the margin. 



This is a very peculiar and characteristic form, says the author, 

 not only from the form of the leaf, but also from the venation and 

 form of the net-work which appears as if it were parallel. 

 Goppert referred a form of this kind to G. browniana var. biloba, 

 which Ettingshausen considered as a Polypodium, and named P. 

 goepperti. 



Glossopteris eleg arts. Feist. (1. c, p. 155, pi. xxvi, pi. viii 2nd 

 part — fig. 2, 2a). — Frond of medium size, oblong spathulate, with 

 a costa which becomes merged in the tissue above ; below it is 

 formed of pairs of areolar spaces, which are oblong ; above these 

 arp similar spaces, but shorter and somewhat polygonal. Veins 

 arising at an acute angle from the median areolar spaces, dichoto- 

 mous, anastomosing, and forming an oblong network. 



