324 MR ROBERT KIDSTON ON THE 



Stigmaria, Brongt. 

 Stigmaria ficoides, Stemb., sp. 



Variolaria ficoides, Sternb., Vers., i. fasc. i. pp. 22, 24, pi. xii. figs. 1-3. 

 Stigmana ficoides, Brongt., Class, d. reget. J'oss., p. 28, pi. i. fig. 7. 



Horizon : — At a depth of 411 yards. 



Pinnularia, I^. and H. 

 Pinnularia capillacea, L. and H. 



Pinnularia capillacea, L. and H., Fossil Flora, vol. ii. pi. cxi. 



Remarks. — Probably rootlets of various plants. 

 Horizon : — At a depth of 440 yards. 



Cordaites, Unger. 

 Cordaites angulosostriatus, Grand' Eury. 



Cordaites angulosostriatus, Grand' Eury, Flore Carbon, du Depart, de la Loire, p. 217, pi. xix. 

 Cordaites angulosostriatus, Zeiller, Veget. foss. d. terr. houill., p. 144, pi. clxxv. figs. 2, 3. 



Horizon : — At a depth of 336 yards. 



Sternbergia, Artis. 

 Sternbergia approximata, Brongt. 



sternbergia apjjroximata, Brongt., Prodrome, p. 137. 



Ster7ibergia ajipi-oximata, L. and H., Fossil Flora, vol. iii. pis. ccxxiv.-ccxxv. 



Remarks. — The fossils described as Sternbergia (and Artisia) are casts of the pith 

 cavity of stems of Cordaites. 



Horizon : — x\t a depth of 440 yards. 



Walchia imbricata, Schimper. (Fig. 9.) 



Walrhia imbricata, Scliimper, Trait, d. paleont. veget., vol. ii. p. 239, pi. Ixxiii. figs. 3, '6a, 3b. 

 Walchia imbricata, Renault, Cours. d. botaii. foss., Quatrieme Anue, p. 85, pi. viii. figs. 7, 8, 1885. 



Description. — Stem bearing closely placed distichous branches, patent, sliglitly 

 curved. Stem leaves loosely imbricated, linear, thick, incurved, blunt with a sharp 

 point, keeled, about 1 centimetre long. Branch leaves densely imbricated, short, sub- 

 squamiform, pointed-obtuse, thick, back distinctly keeled. 



