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In the second edition of the "Geology of India," edited by 

 R. D. Oldham ' and published in 1893, a list of Permo-Carboniferous 

 plants is given, as well as figures of the more important species. 



The most recent memoir 3 on the Glossopteris flora of India 

 contains the following new species instituted by Professor Zeiller. 3 

 as well as many figures of some of the earlier described plants : — 



Glossopteris tortuosa, sp. nov. 

 Schizoneura Wardi, sp. nov. 

 Phylhtheca Griesbachi, sp. nov. 

 Cycadites(?), sp. 

 Ottokaria bei/i/a/ensis, sp. nov. 

 Araucarites Oldhami, sp. nov. 

 Cardiocarpus indicus, sp. nov. 

 Cardiocarpiis, sp. 



(b) Kashmir. 



Dr. Noetling 4 has recently discovered a Gangamopteris in beds 

 overlain by the Permian rocks of the Salt Range Series at 

 Khumnu, in the Vihi Valley, Kashmir. This is an especially 

 interesting discovery, as it confirms the long disputed fact that 

 the Glossopteris flora existed in India in Permo-Carboniferous 

 times, which had previously only been inferred from indirect 

 evidence. Mr. Seward 3 has described this plant as Gangamopteris 

 kashmirensis, sp. nov. 



(c) Afghanistan and Persia. 



Griesbach 6 has described Vertebraria, the rhizome of Glossopteris, 

 from rocks believed to be of Permo-Carboniferous age in Afghanistan, 

 and Glossopteris from the province of Khorassan in Persia. 



((/) Asia Minor. 



It is interesting to record that the most satisfactory specimens 

 showing the fructification of Phyllotheca are those described by 

 Professor Zeiller 7 from the Upper Carboniferous rocks of the coal- 

 basin of Heraclea in Asia Minor. 



1 Oldham (93), pp. 162-3, and two plates. 



2 See Appendix. 3 Zeiller (02 1 ). i Noetling (03), p. 22. 



3 Seward & Woodward (05) ; and the Appendix to this volume, p. 225. 

 8 Griesbach (85), pt. i, p. 62, 1885 : pt. ii, p. 59, 1886. 



7 Zeiller (99 . 



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