32 FOSSIL COAL PLANTS. 



49. L. gracilis, {n. sp.) 



With a iDeduncle, as in many species of Lycopodium ; 

 interior structure visible ; sporangia six or more. Cuyahoga 

 Falls. 



50. L. macrolepis, {n. sp.) 

 Cuyahoga Falls. 



LEPIDOPHYLLUM — BRONG. 



51. L. lineare, Brong., Prod..,2i' 87. 

 Cuyahoga Falls. 



52. L. tri-nervii, Brong., Log- oit. 

 Cuyahoga Falls. 



53. L. lanceolatum, Brong., Loc cit. 



ASTEROPHYLLITES — BRONG. 



54. A, dubia, Brong., Prod-., p. 156. 

 BecJiera grandis^ Sternb. 



Presenting marked differences from the European plant, 

 but perhaps only a variety. Cuyahoga Falls. 



55. A. ? 



Near A. longifolia, Brong., which occurs abundantly 

 higher up in the series in Pennsylvania, but probably 

 distinct. Cuyahoga Falls. 



These are the only specimens I have which I can refer to 

 the genus Asterophyllites, as distinct from Sphenophyllum. 

 I have several specimens of what I long considered distinct 

 species of Asterophyllites, but which I have discovered to 

 be hut the sterns.^ with cauline capillary leaves., of Spheno- 

 phyllum. And since the genus Sphenophyllum was first 

 created, and the wedge shaped leaves are more character- 

 istic of these plants than their stellate arrangement, I have 

 thought best to enumerate them under Sphenophyllum. The 

 spikes of fructification of Asterophyllites and Sphenophyl- 

 lum, (Volkmannia, Sternb., Unger, Presl., Asterophyllites 



