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the name T. Carruthersi. Both the species recorded hy Feistmantel 1 

 from the Cape Colony are also identical with T. Carruthersi. 



This species is probably more characteristic of the Mesozoic tban 

 of the Palaeozoic rocks. It, however, occurs in Natal, where it 

 has recently been recorded by Etheridge in association with the 

 Glossopteris flora. 



Distribution. — Pernio- Carboniferous (Glossopteris flora) : — Natal. 

 Triassie, Bkeetic, or Jurassic : — India (Upper Gondwanas), Tonquin, 

 New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania. 



Not represented in the British Museum collection from the 

 Palaeozoic rocks. 



4. Tseniopteris cf. M'Clellandi (Oldham & Morris). 



1850. ? Tceniopteris acuminata, M'Clellaud, Rep. Geol. Surv. India, p. 53, 



pi. xvi, fig. 2. 

 1861. ? T.dantBoides (?), Bunburv, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. xvii, p. 332, 



pi. x, fig. 2. 

 1863. Stangerites McClellandi, Oldham & Morris, Flora Gondw. Syst., vol. i, 



pt. 1, p. 33, pi. xxiii. 

 1869. Angiopteridiwm MacOlettandi, Schimper, Traite, vol. i, p. 605. 

 1877. A. MacClellandi, Feistmantel, Flora Gondw. Syst., vol. i, pt. 2, p. 96, 



pi. xlvi, figs. 5, 6. 



1879. A. MacClellandi, Feistmantel, ibid., vol. i, pt. 4, p. 207, pi. i, 



figs. 14-16 ; pi. ii, fig. 4. 



1880. A. cf. Mc'Clellandi, Feistmantel, ibid., vol. iii, pts. 2, 3, p. 92, 



pi. xxiA, figs. 4-7. 

 1882. A. cf. mcClellandi, Feistmantel, ibid., vol. iv, pt. 1, p. 31. 



Tceniopttris MacClellandi, Zeiller, Ann. Mines for 1882 (ii), p. 302, 



pi. x. fig. 5. 

 1902. T. MacCU llandi, Zeiller, Flore Foss. Gites Charb. Tonkin, p. 61, pi. ix, 



figs. 3-5. 



Type. ? Mus. Geol. Surv. India, Calcutta. 



Pinna? (? fronds) entire, with parallel sides, clearly contracted 

 towards the base, ending at the apex in a rounded point. Pinna? 

 '25-55 mm. broad. Rachis 1-3 mm. broad, longitudinally striated. 

 Lateral nerves spreading, clearly decurrent at the base, bifurcating 

 to form two simple or dichotomising nerves, either at their point of 

 origin, or at some little distance from the midrib, clearly arched 



Feistmantel (89), p. 65, pi. ii, 6gs. 6 11. 



