lxiv HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



Between 1871 and 1888, Glossopteris and other genera were 

 recorded from Cape Colony by Stow, 1 Dunn, 2 Moulle, 3 and Green.* 

 Dunn and Moulle again noticed an abundance of Lepidodendron in 

 the Karoo beds of Cape Colony. Moulle also recorded Noeggera- 

 thiopsis Hislopi (Bunb.), and Gangamopteris cyclopteroides, var. 

 attenuata, Feist., from Kirnberley. 



The first really important memoir on the fossil plants of Cape 

 Colony dates from 1889. Feistmantel 5 then described the following 

 species from near Kimberley, and from Camdeboo to the west of 

 Graaf Reinet : — 



Glossopteris Broivniana, Brong. 



Gangamopteris cyclopteroides, var. attenuata, Feist. = G. cyclopteroides, Feist. 



Noeggerathiops'ts Hislopi (Bunb.). 



From beds which he considers to belong to the Beaufort Series, 

 at the Fish River, Bloemkop (near Graaf Reinet), and in Natal, 

 etc., he recorded the following fossils, including some of Tate's 

 species, which he had re-examined : — 



Schizoneura (?) africana, Feist. 



JPhyllotheca(?), sp. 



Glossopteris Broivniana, Brong. 



G. angustifolia, Brong. 



G. Tatei, Feist. = ? G. retifra, Feist. 



G. communis, Feist. = G. indica, Schimper. 



G. stricta, Bunb. = ? G. stricta, Bunb. 



G. ret if era, Feist. 



G. damudica, var. stenoneura, Feist. = G. ampla, Dana. 



Bubidgea Macknyi, Tate = ? 



Some of the specimens which he figured are in the Museum of 

 the Geological Society of London. Feistmantel 6 also gave a list 

 of plants recorded from the Cape Colony before the year 1889. 



In 1901, Mr. Etheridge, jun., 7 described the following plants 

 from the Saint Lucia Bay Coalfield, Enselini River, Zululand : — 



Glossopteris Broicniana, var. indica, Brong. = G. indica, Schimper. 



G. Browniana, var. angustifolia, Brong. = G. angustifolia, Brong. 



G. damudica, var. stenoneura, Feist. = G. ampla, Dana. 



G. retifera, Feist. 



Angiopteridium spatlnilatum (M'Clell.) = Tceuiopteris spathulata, M'Clell. 



Phyllotheca Zeilleri, sp. nov. 



1 Stow (71), p. 54G. 2 Dunn (7,). ■■ Moulle (8.5), pp. 212, 233. 



4 Green (88), pp. 241, 246. 5 Feistmantel (89). 



6 Feistmantel (89 . pp. 25, 20. 7 Etheridge (01). 



