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? GINKGOALES. 



Stachyopitys annularioides, Shirley. 



(Plate 4, fig. 6.) 



1898. Stachyopitys annularioides, Shirley, Qlancl. Geol. Surv., Bull. 

 7, p. 13, t. 17, fig. 1. 



The specimens described by Shirley under this name have an 

 axis bearing lateral branches which terminate in a cluster of obovate 

 bodies, apparently arranged in a whorl. These bodies are up ta 

 about 2-5 mm. in length and are somewhat obtusely pointed, and 

 •5 to -75 mm. wide. They are striated longitudinally and there 

 are about 12 of them in a cluster. 



Thej^ are similar to specimens described from the Stormberg 

 beds of South Africa by Seward-" as Stachyopitys sp. and compared 

 there wdth Sphcnolepis rhrctica, Geinitz. Nothing can be added 

 here to Seward's discussion of the position of these fossils. 



I have been unable to find the bract-like ginkgoid leaflets 

 mentioned b}- Shirley. 



Locality : — {Ipsivich Series) : Denmark Hill, Ipswich (F 142) ; 

 Nundah (F 15/954). 



Figured specimen: The original of Plate 4, fig. 6, is specimen 

 F 15/954 in the Queensland Museum collection. 



Stachyopitys Simmondsi, Shirley. 



1898. Stachyopitys Simmondsi, Shirley, Qland. Geol. Surv., BulL 

 7, p. 13, t. 17, fig. 2. 



This species is based on a s'pecimen of similar general character 

 to Stachyopitys annular ioides, Shirley. It is a much smaller variety 

 and may conveniently be retained for the present as a distinct 

 species. The small obovate bodies are much rounder than in S^ 

 annular ioides, being 1 to 1-5 mm. long and about -75 mm. Avide ; 

 there are also less of them in a cluster, being not more than six. 



Locality : — {Ipsivich Series) : Denmark Hill, Ipswich (F 256). 



^" Seward (03), p. CO. 



