Kansas University Quarterly. 



Vol. X. JANUARY, 1901. No. i. 



Permian Plants— Taeniopteris of the Permian 



of Kansas.' 



Contribution from the Paleontological Laboratory No. 58. 



BY E. H. SELLARDS. 



With Plates-I, II, III and IV. 

 The fern genus, Taeniopteris Brongniart, is well represented in 

 number of individuals, in the Kansas Permian Flora, on which the 

 author is working, and presents aside from the presence of at least 

 two species and one variety, some interesting features. The 

 rachises of several of the ferns bear elliptical scars, which, as I will 

 attempt to show, are very similar to, if not identical with the scars 

 on Macrotaeniopteris magnifolia (Rogers) Schimper from the Rich- 

 mond coal fields of Virginia, Jurassic, regarded by some authors 

 as scars marking the position of the sori of the genus. The second 

 character of especial interest is the presence between the veins of 

 small, oval resistent bodies, sporangia (?), fungi, or possibly 

 interneural glands. The plants described come from three miles 

 south and one-half miles east of Banner City, Dickinson county, 

 Kansas; a few also from the same horizon three miles south of 

 Carlton, Kansas. They were collected in part by Mr. Charles 

 Sterling of the University, and in part by the author. The forma- 

 tion is probably the Marion of Prosser. The plant horizon is 

 within a few feet vertically of the plant-bearing Cretaceous strata. 

 The photographs and drawings were made by the author, except 

 figure 7, plate i, made by Mr. Sidney Prentice. 



1 Published by permissioa of tlie paleontologist of the University Geological Survey 

 of Kansas. 



(1) KAN. UNIV. gUAR., VOL. X, NO. 1, JAN., 1901, SERIES A. 



