Mr.so/oic iM.A.vrs Fl;(>^r china, 17 



3. PHŒNICOPSIS (?) YAMADAI >. hp. 



PI. IL Fig. 1. 



Leaves sessile, eloiignt(^ \ve(lge-slia])L'(l, always split into two 

 more or less uiieciual lolies near the base. Lobes straight with 

 sides subparallel, ])ierceil with line straiglit, dense, ])arallel veins. 



Heer established the genus PZ/œi/icopsis (Beitr. zur Juraflora 

 Ostsib. u. d. Anun-l., p. 49) for long, linear, simple and undivid- 

 ed leaves attached to the stem in a bundle, and provided with 

 dense parallel veins, while he brought similar leaves which re- 

 peatedly fork and possess rarer veins under the genus Baiera 

 (1. c, p. 51). A fine specimen above figured from Yunnan has 

 the general appearance of Phœnicopsis on the one hand and the 

 forked nature of the leaves of Baiera on the other. Should the 

 apices of the leaves, which are all broken oft' in our specimens, 

 prove to be broad, the plant would asrume an appearance some- 

 what like Rhipidopsis Schmalhausex (Beitr. zur Juraflora Russ- 

 lands, pi. W and A^TTT) and need be treated as a new genus. 



The breadth of the lobes measures over a centimeter at a 

 place () centimeters from the base. But I presume they become 

 still l)roa(ler above. The veins aie mostly simple, but near the 

 base they seem to fork several times. Their numl)er ranges be- 

 tween 20 and -M) in the broadest part of the lobes. 



