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CAKDIOCARPUS. 



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



Sclerotesta ovate, base rounded, ? emarginate, apex obtuse, 

 2-3 cm. in height, and 1*4-2 cm. in breadth. Sarcotesta ovate, 

 base emarginate, apex acute, 2-3-3 cm. in height, and 1-8-2- 1 cm. 

 in breadth. 



In the type-specimen figured by Feistmantel the apex is divided 

 into two lobes, and the sclerotesta has a median groove. The 

 sarcotesta in this species is not much larger than the sclerotesta, 

 and it is possible that this seed may have been of the radiospermic 

 type. For the present, however, it may be referred to the genus 

 Cardiocarpus. 



Cardiocarpus Mitteri occurs only in the Karharbari Beds of India. 



Not represented in the British Museum collection. 



3. Cardiocarpus, sp. (from India). 



Zeiller ' has figured some seeds from India with a cordate 

 sclerotesta, 7-8 mm. in height and about 7 mm. broad, pointed at 

 the apex, surrounded by a rather narrow sarcotesta, fleshy or 

 perhaps fibrous. This fossil is only known from the Barakar Group, 

 India. It appears to be somewhat similar to the specimen from the 

 Newcastle Series, Australia (see below), which I figured in 1902. 2 

 Eeistmantel 3 has also described several seeds of this type, which 

 he named Cardiocarpum(T), sp., Carpolithes, sp., and. Samaropsis, sp. 



V. 7110. A nearly perfect specimen of a seed showing the 

 sclerotesta and sarcotesta, the latter having the appearance of 

 being narrowly winged. The sclerotesta measures 6 mm. in length 

 and 6-5 mm. in breadth. 



Bharatwada, India. Hunter Coll. 



V. 7135. A few small seeds, not very well preserved, in 

 association with fronds of Glosmpteris Broivniana. The seeds are 

 possibly referable to Cardiocarpus. 



Kamthi, India. Hunter Coll. 



1 Zeiller (02 1 ), p. 38, pi. vii, fig. 11. 



2 Arber (02 1 ), p. 20, text-tig-. 



3 Feistmantel (79 1 ), p. 30, pi. xxiv, fig. ~> ; p. (10. pi. xxx, fig. 15 ; p. 59, 

 pi. xxviii, fig. 8; pi. xxx, figs. 11-13; (80), p. 123, pi. xIyua, figs. 9-15; 



82'), p. 50, pi. si, fig. 7 ; pi. xvi. fig. Ac ; pi. \\i, fig. 2; (SO), p. 45, pi. xiiA, 

 figs. 7 15; pi. xivA, figs, s, '.) ; pi. va, figs. 8« <-. 



