MESOZOIC PLANTS FROM KOTIEA. 17 



PODOZAMITES LANCEOLATUS (Lindl. and Hutton). 

 PI. IV., figs. 1-5. 



1877. P. lanceolntus Geyler : I.e. P. 228, pi. XXXII., 



%s. 1, 4; XXXIII., 1-3, 4b; XXXIV., 8a, 5a. 

 1889. P. lanceolatus Yokoyama : 1. c. P. 45, pi. IV., figs. 

 la & c, 2, 3a, 4a-b ; V., 1, 2b, 3, 4, 5a-c1, G, 7, 8, 9 ; 

 VI., 1 ; VIL, 8b ; IX , 6 ; XII., 18 ; XIV., 12a. 

 1894. P. lanceolatus Yokoyama ; Mesozoic Plants from Ko- 

 zuke, Kii, Awa and Tosa. P. 222, pi. XIII., figs. 

 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9; XIV., 1-3, 5. 

 1905. P. lanceolatus Yokoy'Ama : Mesozoic Plants from 

 Nagato and Bitchii. P. 6, pi. L, fig. G; p. 13, 

 pi. III., fig. 5. 

 For further references see Seward's Jurassic Flora, p. 242. 

 This widely spread, well known species is also present, 

 tliougli rare, in the Naktong flora. The few specimens obtained 

 are all detached pinnae, mostly imperfect either in their apical 

 or basal portions, or in both. The poor state of their preserva- 

 tion and the rarity of their occurrence, in contrast with the 

 richness and excellent preservation of the associated fern fronds, 

 seem to indicate that they belong to that kind of vegetable re- 

 mains which have been drifted from a great distance. 



Some of the best preserved examples are given in the accom- 

 panying plates. Figure 2 represents a broad pinna lacking its 

 apex, but with rapidly narrowing base pierced by about thirty 

 veins in a space 1.9 cm. in breadth. It reminds one strongly of 

 var. lati folia Hr, Fig. 1 is distinguished by its more lanceolate 

 outline, gradually tapering above. It is not unlike var. inter- 



