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had up to that time been detected in the mineral, to Mr 
CarRUTHER’s genus Flemingites. But what Professor Batrour 
looked upon as a sporangium (Figs. 15, 16, 17, 18, Plate II of 
his paper) is really not a sponargium but a macrospore, and he 
has made no mention of the occurrence of the microspores 
which I have represented in my figures. In describing the 
genus Flemingites Mr Carrutuers also fell into the same 
error, that is to say, he figured it as possessed of but one kind 
of spore, namely microspores. Like Professor Batrour the 
bodies which Mr Carrutners took for sporangia are really 
macrospores.. The macrospores which I represent in Fig. 19 
very closely resemble Flemingites Pedroans. Mr CarruTHERs 
has himself found out his mistake, and withdrawn the genus, 
which I cannot but regret, as its re-establishment with fresh 
description would have prevented the confusion caused by the 
withdrawal. 
It then becomes a question as to whether the coal spores 
are still to be allied with Lycopodiee, or if not with what ? 
In solving this problem we unfortunately have to deal with 
imperfect and unsatisfactory information. Several Lepidostrobi 
have been figured and described, some of them containing both 
kinds of spores. There can be but little doubt the Lepidostrobi 
is the fruit of some Lepidodendroid plants, but there is such a 
variety of forms included under that head that it is not likely 
those discovered are the only ones which existed. As to 
which of the individual Lepidodendra the known Lepidostrobi 
belong is a matter of doubt, and in support of this assertion I 
will quote authorities. Mr Carrorners* says, “A cone is 
very rarely found connected with its supporting branches, the 
evidence, therefore, of the connection between a Lepidodendron 
and its own Lepidostrobus is consequently of a very unsatisfac- 
tory nature.” Sir Wiii1am Dawson says, “I cannot pretend 
that I have found the fruit of Sigillaria attached to the parent 
stem.” + Among those which have been figured I may name 
Triplosporites, which was described by Mr Roserr Brown,} and 
* Geol. Mag., Vol. II, p. 437, 1865. 
+ Acadian Geology, 3rd Edit., 1878, p. 437. 
¢ Trans. Linnean Soc., Vol. XX, p. 469. 
