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Zeillor ' has recently figured a specimen showing two leaf-bearing 

 branches attached to two successive nodes of a stem at an angle 

 of 45° to 50°. These are the first instances in which such branches 

 have been found attached. 



Some years ago Mr. Etheridge, jun., 2 figured some imperfect 

 fragments of a Schizoneura, from a coal-seam near the top of the 

 Upper Productive Coal-measures in New South Wales, as S. aus- 

 tralis, sp. nov. More recently, 3 better preserved specimens from 

 Balmain, New South Wales, have been obtained, and these appear 

 to me to be identical with S. gondwanensis, Feist., of India. 



Fig. 4. — Schizoneura gondwanensis, Feist. A specimen from New South Wales, 

 showing- the cones. After Etheridge. Slightly reduced. 



These recent specimens are very interesting, as they show the 

 fructification. Iu one of the specimens figured the leaf-bearing 

 axis is terminated by a pair of compact strobili of 2-2*5 cm. in 

 length (Text-fig. 4). Unfortunately, however, the preservation is 

 not sufficiently good to afford any details as to the morphological 

 structure of the cone. 



Schizoneura gondwanensis is known only from India and New 

 South Wales. 



1 Zeiller (02 ), p. 2fi, pi. vi, figs. 1-4. 



2 Etheridge, jun. (93), p. 77, pi. xiii ; (94), p. 32, pi. vii, fig. 1. 



3 Etheridge, jun. (03), p. 234, pis. xlviii, xlix. 



