CARDIOCARrUS. '207 



4. Cardiocarpus, sp. (from Australasia). 



I figured in 1902 l some subcircular seeds of medium size, 

 from Newcastle in New South Wales, with an oval sclerotesta 

 5-6 mm. long, and a sarcotesta 6-5-7 - 5mm. in height. 



Shirley 2 has figured a seed from Queensland as Cycadospermum 

 Dawsoni, Shirley, which somewhat recalls some of the Indian seeds 

 noticed above. Johnston 3 has also figured a seed under the name 

 Carpolithes tasmanicus, but without description, and others which 

 he compares with Rhipidopsis ! 



32,477. This specimen shows two fragments of large fronds 

 of Glossopteris Brown/ana with broad nets, and a portion of the 

 rhizome, Vertebraria. There is also a seed-like body, not very well 

 preserved, of pear-like form, measuring 12 mm. long and 11mm. 

 across at the widest part. There does not appear to be any wing, 

 and the seed perhaps should be referred to some other genus, but 

 the absence of a wing in this case may be due to imperfect 

 preservation. 



Hunter River, New South Wales. Pies, by Sir E. Home, 1853. 



V. 3776«rt. A winged seed occurs on this specimen in association 

 with fronds of Glossopteris and Noeggerathiopsis. The sclerotesta 

 measures 9"5 mm. in length, and the wing is fairly broad. 



Mersey River, Tasmania. Pres. by T. Stephens, Esq., 1898. 



V. 3776(?/?. Possibly one or two fragments of winged seeds occur 

 on this specimen. 



Mersey River, Tasmania. Pres. by T. Stephens, Esq., 1898. 



V. 3776//. This specimen, in addition to the leaf of Noeggera- 

 thiopsis Hislopi figured ou PI. VI, Fig. 3, shows a small seed with 

 a fairly broad wing. 



Mersey River, Tasmania. Pres. by T. Stephens, Esq., 1898. 



V. 3776«/. Two or three badly-preserved and rather small 

 seeds occur on this specimen, showing an oval sclerotesta, 5*5 mm. 

 in length, and traces of a narrow wing. 



Mersey River, Tasmania. Pres. by T. Stephens, Esq., 1898. 



Arber (02 1 ), p. 20, text-fig. 



Shirley (02), p. 9, pi. iii. 



Johnston (88), pp. Ill, 134, pi. viii, fig. 7; p. 134, pi. viii. figs. 1 (i. 



