136 SPHENOPTEEIS. 



1S78. Sphenopteris lobifolia, Feistmantel, Palseontogr., Suppl. iii, p. 87. 



S. hastata, Feistmantel, ibid., p. 88. 



S.Jlexuosa, Feistmantel, ibid., p. 88. 



S. germana, Feistmantel, ibid., p. 88. 



S. plumosa, Feistmantel, ibid., p. 88. 

 1883. 6'. lobifolia, Tenison-Woods, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. viii, p. 88. 



S. hastata, Tenison- Woods, ibid., p. 90. 



S.Jlexuosa, Tenison-Woods, ibid., p. 91. 



S. germana, Tenison-Woods, ibid., p. 91. 



S. plumosa, Tenison-Woods, ibid., p. 91. 



1886. S. lobifolia, Johnston, Papers & Proc. R. Soc. Tasmania for 1885, 



p. 366. 

 S. hastata, Johnston, ibid., p. 367. 

 S.Jlexuosa, Johnston, ibid., p. 3G8. 

 S. germanus, Johnston, ibid., p. 367. 

 S. plumosa, Johnston, ibid., p. 367. 



1887. S. lobfolia, Johnston, Papers & Proc. P. Soc. Tasmania for 1886, 



p. 173. 

 1890. S. lobifolia, Feistmantel, Mem. Geol. Surv. New South Wales, 

 Pal., No. 3, p. 93. 

 S. hastata, Feistmantel, ibid., p. 92. 

 S.Jlexuosa, Feistmantel, ibid., p. 91. 

 S. germana, Feistmantel, ibid., p. 92. 

 S. plumosa, Feistmantel, ibid., p. 94. 

 1892. S. lobifolia, Jack & Etheridge, Geol. & Pal. Queensland, p. 190. 



S.Jlexuosa, Jack & Etheridge, ibid., p. 190. 

 1896. S. Morrisiana, Johnston, Papers & Proc. E. Soc. Tasmania for 1891-5, 



p. 58, figs. 14, 15. 

 1902. S. lobifolia, Arber, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, vol. lviii, p. 11. 

 S.Jlexuosa, Arber, ibid., p. 11. 

 S. hastata, Arber, ibid., p. 12. 

 S. germana, Arber, ibid., p. 13. 

 Mertensia lobifolia, Shirley, Bull. 18, Geol. Surv. Queensland, p. 9, 



pi. v. 

 Sphenopteris Jlexuosa , Shirley, ibid., p. 10. 



Types. Morris's, No. 13,530, Mus. Geol. Soc. London; McCoy's, 

 Nos. 2, 3, 5, 7, Foreign Hunt Coll., Sedgwick Mus., Cambridge. 



Frond probably tripinnate, triangular in contour. Kacbis winged. 

 Pinnae somewhat distant, elongate, broadly or narrowly linear- 

 lanceolate, often slightly falciform, opposite in the upper portion 

 of the frond, alternate below. Pinnules contracted at tbe base, 

 somewhat distant, linear -lanceolate or oval -lanceolate; obtusely 

 lobed. Median nerve of pinnule sinuate, supplying simple or 

 bifurcating branches to the lobes. 



