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cavity, which is (or has been) filled by a disc-shaped body, convex inwards, 

 flat and even outwards, on the inner side of which again 3—4 small pits can 

 be seen. 



When the carpolite is cut through, the basale?) groove is seen to widen 

 out in the interior of the carpolite into a larger cavity (ca. 3 mm.); the 4 

 disc-shaped bodies lic in flat depressions, which have a dark, hard boundary 

 surface towards the soft interior of the carpolite, which is formed of a loose 

 parenchymatous tissuc. 



This carpolite, the form of which is somewhat variable and is vcry 

 difflcult to describe, is quite a puzzle to me. 



I know 4 examples in all of this remarkable carpolite, one from Ordrup 

 (the one figured), two from Valby Bakke and one from Lonstrup Klint. 



Carpolithes le Mairii m (PI. IV, lig. 16): a shiny black, egg-shaped car- 

 polite; pointed al the upper end, cut square at the lower end which is also 

 provided with a hole. Its surface is pitted; at the base the pits are oblong, 

 at the uppermost part almosl eircular. 



Carpolithes Ordrupensis m. (PI. IV, lig. 10): a black, carbonized, thick- 

 walled, compressed, broadly egg-shaped carpolite (l'ruit stone?, somewhat 

 resembling Primus), 5 mm. Long, greatest breadth 4 mm.; the outer surface 

 warted, wrinkled, shiny. Only one example known, from Ordrup. 



Carpolithes Rosenkjærii m. (PI. IV, ligs. 11—1.")): a black, carbonized, 

 globular-carpolite with three cavities, the one cavity with a valvular opening; 

 this valve is loose ahove but remains attached at the hase ol' the carpolite. 

 There is a slight depression at both pol es. 



The size is l.s— 3 mm. in diameter; the walls are thick, the outer and 

 the scpta almost equally thick; in transverse section (lig. Pi) a small cavity 

 is noticeable at the spot where the three septa mect in the central axis of 

 the carpolite. 



Whilst most specimens of this remarkable carpolite (I have seen over 

 100) have three cavities and one valve, I have found a few with four cavities 

 and two valves (ligs. 14 and 15). The valve is broken oli' in a quantity of the 

 material, always with an uneven broken surface below, which shows that it 

 is not normal for the valve to fall quite ofl*. On most specimens the valve 

 is firmly attached and gapes but little. 



The systematic position of this carpolite is for the time being quite a 

 mystery; I know nothing corresponding to it at the present dav, nor have I 

 found it described or figured in the literature accessihle to me. 



Carpolithes Steenstrupii m. (PI. IV, figs. 22—23): a black, carbonized, thick- 

 walled carpolite, compressed, egg-shaped (sometimes broad, sometimes oblong), 

 with two characteristic »ears« at the broad end. 



The carpolite is easily divided into two halves; on opening one example 

 the remains of the seed-test(?) were found inside in the pyriform cavity. 



Carpolithes Østrupii m. (PI. IV, figs. 25—26): a black, fusiform carpolite 

 with holes at both ends and with low ribs running from pole to pole. 

 The short break in fig. 25 is most probably due to some damage. 



Elæocarpus globuhis P. Menz. (PL V, figs. 1—5): black, carbonized carpo- 

 lites in form like a wedge cut from a sphere, with broad, smooth or slightly 



