WHITE] UPPER LIMIT OF THE POTTSVILLE FOKMATION. 



825 



being- at Houser's drift/ on the east side, 

 were collected from this drift. 



The following- species 



Mariopteris muricata (Schloth.) Zeill. 



var. nervosa (Brongn.) Kidst. 

 Mariopteris Sillimanni (Brongn.). 

 P^eu(^:)pecopteris squamosa (Lx.). 

 Pseudopecopteris obtusiloba ( Brongn. ) 



Lx. 

 Sphenopteris cf. nummularia Gutb. 

 Pecoptevis pennseformis [Lx.]. 

 Pecopteris villosa Bi-ongn.? 

 Alethopteris aquilina (Brongn.) Goepp. 

 Odontopteris cf . o s m u n d a3 f o r m i s 



(Schloth.) Zeill.? 

 Neuropteris ovata Hoffni. 

 Neui'opteris plicata [Lx.]. 

 Neuropteris vermicularis Lx. 



Neuropteris fimbriata Lx. 

 Neuropteris Scheuchzeri Hoffia. 

 Caiamites Cistii Brongn. 

 SphenophyUum emarginatum Brongn. 

 Lycopodites uncinnatus Schimp. 

 Lepidodendron sp. indet. 

 Lepidostrobus cf. variabilis L. & H. 

 Lepidostrobus cf. Geinitzii Schimp. 

 Lepidophyllum cultriforme Lx. 

 Lepidophyllum o1)longifolium Lx. 

 Lepidocystis quadrangularis Lx. 

 Sigillaria cf. Brardii Brongn. 

 Trigonocarpum olivseforme L. & H.? 

 Rhabdocarpos sp. 

 Carpolithes transsectus Lx. 



Neuropteris capitata Lx. 



(C) Middle Creek: Station 34, PI. CLXXX. Along the ravine above 

 the ^Middle Creek colliery a coal said to be the Buck Mountain bed is 

 opened on both sides of the Middle Creek anticline by drifts," from 

 which were gathered the following: 



Annularia stellata (Schloth.) Wood. 

 SphenophyUum emarginatum Brongn. 

 Lepidodendron Brittsii Lx.? 

 Lepidodendron modulatum Lx. 

 Lepidostrobus cf. Geinitzii Schimp. 

 Lepidophyllum oblongifolium Lx. 

 Lepidophyllum cf. Mansfieldi Lx. 

 Lepidocystis vesicularis Lx. 

 Sigillaria tessellata (Steinh.) Brongn. 

 Cordaicarjwn cinctum Lx. 

 Rhabdocarpos multistriatus (Presl) Lx. 

 Rhabdocarpos mamillatus Lx. 

 Carpolithes cf. ellipticus Sternb. 



(D) Ebony colliery, north of Newcastle: Station 35, PL CLXXX. 

 Along Wolf Creek, near the Ebony colliery, about 4 miles north of 

 Pottsville, the Twin coal occurs in good thickness and is somewhat 

 extensively worked.^ From the roof shales, taken from the drifts 

 near the Schuylkill River, the following flora was obtained: 



Mariopteris Sillimanni (Brongn.). 

 Pseudopecopteris squamosa (Lx.). 

 Sphenopteris mixta Schimp.? 

 Sphenopteris suspecta D. W. 

 Oligocarpia cf. Brongniarti Stur. 

 Pecopteris dentata Brongn. 

 Pecopteris unita Brongn. 

 Pecopteris villosa Brongn.? 

 Pecopteris oreopteridia (Schloth.) Sternb. 

 Alethoi)teris aquilina (Schloth.) Goepp.? 

 Aleth(jpteris Serlii (Brongn.) Goepp. 

 Caiamites Suckowii Brongn. 

 Caiamites Cistii Brongn. 



Mariopteris sphenopteroides (Lx.) Zeill. 

 Pseudopecopteris squamosa (Lx.). 

 Pecopteris villosa Brongn.? 

 Neuropteris ovata Hoffm. 

 Neuropteris Scheuchzeri Hoffm. 

 Cyclocladia sp. 



Asterophyllites equisetiformis (Schloth.^ 



Brongn. 

 Annularia stellata (Schloth.) Wood. 

 SphenophyUum fasciculatum (Lx.) . 

 SphenophyUum emarginatum Brongn. 



'Atlas Southern Anthracite Field, Pt. Ill, mine sheet xvi; Final Summary Report, Vol. Ill, Pt. I, 

 p. 2121. 



2Idem, Pt. II, mine sheet xiii, Pt. VI, cross-section sheet xiii, section 22, Pt. IV B, columnar-section 

 sheet X, section 4; Final Summary Report, Vol. Ill, Pt. I, p. 2120. 



sidem, Pt. II, mine sheet vi; Pt. V, cross-section sheets v-viii, section 17; Final Summary Report, 

 Vol. Ill, Pt. I, p. 2083. 



