HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



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In addition to fossils previously recorded, Feistmantel described 

 the following species from the Newcastle Scries of New South 

 Wales : — 



Glossopteris teeni'opteroides, sp. nov. = G. indica, Schimper. 



G. Wilkinsoni, sp. nov. = G. Browniana, Brong. 



G. parallela, sp. uov. = cf. G. Browniana, Brong. 



Gang a mo pterin Clarkeana, sp. nov. = G. cyclopteroides, Feist. 



Gaulopteris (?) Adamsi, sp. nov. = \Caulopteris?~\ Adamsi, Feist. 



Brachijphijlliim (?) austral?, sp. uov. 



In 1883, Tenison -Woods ' published an account of the literature 

 and previous records of fossil plants from the coal deposits of 

 Australia. Several new species, some of which undoubtedly 

 require revision, were described by the same author, but these 

 appear to belong to the Triasso-Rhsetic or Jurassic floras, and 

 consequently need not be considered here. 



Feistmautel, 2 in 1890, contributed an important monograph on 

 the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic plants of Australia, founded on his 

 previous work published in 1878. It contains a full account of 

 the literature on the subject, with descriptions and, in many 

 cases, figures of the Glossopteris flora from New South Wales, 

 and elsewhere in Australasia. The following new species were 

 described : — 



Glossopteris gangamopteroides, sp. nov. = G. Browniana, Broug. 

 G. spathulato-cordata, sp. nov. = cf. G. orbicularis, F'eist. 



About this period, the occurrence of organic remains in the 

 kerosene shales of New South Wales received considerable attention 

 at the hands of two French Palseobotanists, Professor Bertram! 

 and the late Dr. Renault. A species of Reinschia 3 was described 

 by these authors conjointly in 1892, and in 1896 Professor Bertram! 

 described Fila australis.* 



In 1893, Mr. E,. Etheridge, jun., 5 described the first specimens 

 of Schizoneura from New South Wales, further and more satisfactory 

 examples being obtained in 1903. 



Schizoneura australis, Etheridge = S. gondicanensis, Feist. 



1 Tenison- Woods (83). 2 Feistmantel (90). 



3 Bertrand & Renault (92), (93) ; also Bertrand (93), (00). 



4 Bertrand (96). 5 Etheridge (93), (03). 



