260 G. B. Pritchard: 



date, and the recognition of his genus dates from 1861, even 

 on Mr. Arber's own showing on p. 102. 



The next point that calls for comment on Mr. Arber's work 

 is that in his historical sketch^ he accepts G. angustifolia^ 

 McCoy, as a good species, but relegates both G. spatulata and 

 G. ohliqua to the synonymy of G. cyclo'pteroides^ Feistmantel, 

 a well known Indian species. 



Later,- when dealing with the flora, he remarks, "I regard 

 McCoy's G. obliqua, and possibly also G. spatulata, as identical 

 with the Indian fronds included here under this species. If 

 this be the case, one of his specific names should, strictly speak- 

 ing, have priority over Feistmantel's G. cyclopteroides, but 

 the latter term has become so widely known that I have hesi- 

 tated to make any change." 



It is therefore obvious that there is no legitimate reason why 

 McCoy's specific name should not be recognised according to 

 the ordinary rules of priority. McCoy's two species may refer 

 to the same plant, but in the absence of any direct evidence of 

 that fact, it is most convenient to retain both names, and G. 

 ohliqua, McCoy, should replace G. cyclopteroides, Feistmantel. 

 In the event of G. spatulata and G. ohliqiia being satisfactorily 

 proved to be the same thing, even then G. upatnlata, McCoy, is 

 the name that should be upheld as against Feistmantel's 

 species. 



A further remark of Mr. Arber's on the Victorian Flora'^ 

 requires some modification — ^" In 1878 and 1890, Feistmantel 

 described the above species without any further additions to 

 the flora except Phyllotheca australis, Brong., from Cape 

 Paterson, Victoria." This evidently implies that the Cape 

 Paterson beds belong to the same general horizon as the 

 Bacchus Marsh beds, and that they represent the Glossopteris 

 Flora Period. Feistmantel apparently obtained this record 

 from a Victorian Progress Report, and no question has been 

 raised as to the validity of the identification in the first place ; 

 but locally the Cape Paterson beds are regarded as an essential 

 part of the Jurassic Coal Measures, and their flora as a whole 

 18 distinctly younger than the Glossopteris Flora. 



1 Id. 



'L Ifl., p. l()(i. 



:i Id., p. Ivi. 



