204 CARDIOCARPUS. 



V. 10,651. Cylindrical piece of wood from a bed of chert. 



Wollongong, New South Wales. Keene Coll. 



V. 10,652. A wedge-shaped piece of wood. 



Newcastle Series, New South Wales. Keene Coll. 



V. 10,654. Stoney Creek, West Maitlaud, New South Wales. 



Keene Coll. 



V. 2394. Six pieces of silicified wood and one obscure specimen. 



Beaufort or ? Ecca Series, Korn-koin River (a branch of the 

 Kaga River \ south of the Winterburg, Cape Colony. 



V. 2395, V. 2395«, Two pieces of wood. 



Beaufort Series, Zwart-kei River, Cape Colony. 



V. 2420. Fossil wood. 



Beaufort (?) Series, Rietfontein, near Prince Albert (The Gouph), 

 Cape Colony. 



V. 489. ? Ecca Series, New Colesburg Kop (at a depth of 22 feet), 

 De Beers, near Kimberley, South Africa. 



Pres. by Prof. T. R. Jones, 1884. 



V. 3254. Bedford, Cape Colony. 



Pres. 01/ D. Draper, Esq., 1893. 



? V. 360. Main street, town of Tette. Livingstone Coll. 



GYMNOSPERMOUS SEEDS 



(Possibly of Cordaitean affinity). 



Detached and isolated Gymnospermous seeds occasionally occur 

 in the rocks of Gondwanaland. Some of these probably belong to 

 the Cordaitales or the Coniferales, while others may eventually 

 be referred to the Cycadales or the Ginkgoales. 



Genus CARDIOCARPUS, Brongniart, 1828. 

 [Prodr. Hist. Veget. foss., p. 87.] 



Platyspermic (bilateral) seeds, lenticular, reniform or cordate. 

 The outer, fleshy portion of the testa (sarcotesta) has often the 

 appearance of being winged. The central body is in most cases 

 the hard sclerotesta, surrounding a cast of the nucellus. 



Some seeds of this type are known to belong to members of the 

 Cordaitales. The genus is essentially of Palaeozoic age. 



