NOEGGERATHIOPSIS. 



18'J 



Lobes linear, acuminate. Nerves strong, radiating from the base, 

 dichotomous. Leaf apparently pleated. 



Zeiller has recently pointed out that it is very doubtful if this 

 fossil should be included in the genus JYoeggerathiopsis, and in this 

 conclusion I agree. I have, therefore, enclosed the generic name 

 in square brackets to indicate that this species should be transferred 

 to some other genus, but, not having seen any specimens of this 

 plant, I am unable to suggest any change at present. 



Feistmantel regarded these leaves as pinnules of a pinnate frond, 

 but there is apparently no real evidence in favour of this conclusion. 

 They differ markedly from N. Uidopi, both in the divided apical 



Fig. 39. — [Noeggerathiopxis ?] laeerata, Feist. After Feistmantel. Nat. size. 



portion and also in the nervation. Zeiller has suggested that they 

 may be more closely compared with certain members of the class 

 Ginkgoales, such as Ginkgo, Ginkgodium, and Whittlesey a. 



This species is known only from the Karharbari and Raniganj 

 Groups in India. 



Not represented in the British Museum collection. 



Leaf of Doubtful Affinity from S. Africa. 



V. 3614. Figured by Seward (97 1 ), p. 333, pi. xxi, fig. 5. 

 This specimen shows a strongly convex leaf, 3*8 cm. long, and 

 7 mm. broad. The apex ends in a sharp, narrow point. The base 



