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Fig. 8. A single bract, mag. |. 

 Fig. 9. Same species. The fruit, mag. |. 



Fig. 10, The same. Broader sample of the fruit flattened in the shaie, mag. f. 

 All from the Dadoxylon Sandstone at Duck Cove, Lancaster, N.B. 



See p. 87. 



Plate V. 



Fsilophyton elegans Dn. The type, (probably reduced one-half diameter) ; 

 after Dawson. 



The same, o Rhizome, 6 'Tuft of branches, c Peduncle with fruit at- 

 tached. Nat. size. 



The same. Branch of, ramose toward the base. Nat. size. 



The same. A branch with circinate tip. (Near the base is the body 

 which Dawson thought the fruit) ; after Dawson. 

 Fig. 5. The same species. Peduncle, immature, with fruit attached. All the- 

 above from Fern Ledges, Lancaster, N.B.. and mostly from Hartt's 

 Bed No. 2, Lower Cordiate Shale, Nos. 2, 3 and 5, from the author's 

 cabinet. See p. 91. 



Plate VI. 



Figs. 1-3. Fsilophyton (?) glalrum Dn. Fig. 1, a branching stem. Fig. 2, part 

 of stem (after Dawson). Both natural size. Fig. 3, part of stem. mag. 

 — , after Dawson. All from Dadoxylon sandstone. Fern Ledges, Lan- 

 caster, N.B. See p. 92. 



Fig. 4. Lepidocalamus scutiger Dn. Young shoot, natural size, same locality and 

 horizon (Bed 1 of Hartt's section). See p. 93. 



Fig. .5. Sphenophyllum latum n. sp. Leaf of, natural size. See p. 95. 



Fig. 6. S. latum var. minus n. v. Leaf, natural size. Both from Low.3r Cor- 

 daite shale. Fern Ledges, Lancaster, N.B. See p. 95. 



Fig. 7. Sphenophyllum gemma n. sp. Whorl of leaves, mag. |. From Dadoxy- 

 lon Sandstone, Fern Ledges, Lancaster, N.B. See p. i/6. 



Fig. 8. aphenophyllum innocens n. sp. Part of whorl showing four leaves. 

 N.B. — This specimen is interpreted as consisting of separate leaves of 

 which 4 are preserved ; no suture between the leaves is traceable, and 

 the dashes at the outer margin are placed opposite the supposed line of 

 contact. Natural size, from Lower Cordaite shale. Fern Ledges, Lan- 

 • caster, N.B. See p. 96. 



Fig. 9. Whittleseya concinna n. sp. Leaf, natural size. Lower Cordaite shale, 

 Fern Ledges, Lancaster, N.B. See p. 99. 



Fig, 10, W. concinna v. lata n. v. Leaf, natural size, L. Cordaite shale. Fern 

 Ledges, Lancaster, N.B. See p. 99. 



Fig. 11. W. concinna v. arcta n. v. Leaf, natural size, L. Cordaite shale. Fern 

 Ledges, Lancaster. N.B. See p. 100. 



Fig. 12, Whittleseya Dawsoniana D. White. Nat. size. 



Fig. 13. Part of the same. mag. |. Both after White L. Cordaite shale, Lan- 

 caster, N.B. See p, 98. 



