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HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



Sphenopteris (?), sp. 



Phyllotheca, sp. 



Noeggerathiopsis Hislopi (Bunh.). 

 Seeds. 



In the following year (1897), an important paper by Mr. Seward 1 

 was published on the association of Sigilla/ria and Ghssopteris in 

 South Africa. The species described were obtained from Boschman's 

 Fontein and Maggies Mine in the Middelburg district, from Casey's 

 Township, and from Vereeniging. The beds in question were 

 regarded by Draper 2 as of the same age as the lower portion of 

 the Stormberg Beds of Dunn. There is, however, every reason to 

 attribute them to the Ecca Series. The following genera were 

 recorded by Mr. Seward : — 



Ghssopteris Browniana, Brong. 



G. Browniana, Brong., var. indica = G. indica, Schimper. 



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



Noeggerathiopsis Hislopi (Bunb.). 



Gangamopteris cyelopteroides, Feist. 



Vertebraria. 



Phyllotheca, sp. 



Sty Maria Brardi, Brong. 



Gonites, sp. 



Sphenopteris, sp. 



Cardiocarpus, sp. 



In 1898, Mr. Seward 3 described further specimens from 

 Yereeniging. He suggested that the fossil leaves known as 

 Noeggerathiopsis would perhaps be more correctly referred to 

 the genus Cordailes. 



Ghssopteris Browniana, Brong. 



G. Browniana, Brong., var. indica = G. indica, Schimper. 



Gangamopteris cyelopteroides, Feist. 



Noeggerathiopsis Hislopi (Bunb.). 



Si y Maria, sp. 



Andrews, 4 in the same year, also recorded plant-remains from 

 the same district, some of which require revision. 



In Mr. Seward's more recent work 5 on "The Fossil Floras of 

 Cape Colony," the following plants from the Ecca Series of 



' Seward (97 1 ). 2 Draper (97). 3 Seward (98 2 ), p. 92. 



4 Andrews (98), p. 14G. s Seward (03 1 ), pp. 76-101. 



