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the nodes, than already indicated for the Uirger example, in 

 that a stem length of 8 inches only shows one nodal region. 



From the same slab as the last, another leaf bearing stem of 

 about 14 inches in length Avas procured. This specimen, when 

 fully opened up, will, I think, show leaf impressions of upwards 

 of 2 inches in length, and some additional characters may per- 

 haps be made out. 



On comparing these specimens with others, one would natu- 

 rally look first to New South Wales, and in Feistmantel's tine 

 work on the Coal and Plant-bearing Beds of Palaeozoic and 

 Mesozoic Age of Eastern Australia and Tasmania, the record of 

 a Calamitea may be noted from Smith's Creek, near Stroud. 

 This specimen is named straight out as C. radiatus, Brong., a 

 well-known European species, but considering the amount of 

 material and its evident state of preservation, there may be 

 some room for doubt as to the correctness of this identification. 

 Our Bacchus March specimens appear to agree fairly closely 

 with the specimens from New South Wales, as figured by Feist- 

 mantel, Plate III., Figs. 1-3, and I should not be surprised if 

 they ultimately proved to be the same, but for the j^resent at 

 any rate, I think it preferable to refer to the Bacchus Marsh 

 specimens under a distinctive name. 



