THE ANNALS 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[FIFTH SERIES.] 

 No. 89. MAY 1885. 



XXXT. — On some new or little-known Fossil Lyeopods from 

 the Carboniferous Formation. By ROBERT KiDSTON, 

 F.G.S.* 



[Plate XI.] 



The following notes are offered as a small contribution to 

 our knowledge of the Carboniferous flora of Britain. Several 

 of the specimens now about to be described have been known 

 to me for a considerable length of time, but various causes 

 have contributed to delay their publication. 



1. Sigillaria McMurtriei, Kidston, n. sp. 



2. Sigillaria coriacea, Kidston, n. sp. 



3. Sigillaria Walchii } Sauveur. 



4. Lepidodendron Peachii, Kidston, n. sp. 



1. Sigillaria McMurtriei, Kidston, n. sp. 

 (PI. XL figs. 3-5.) 



Description. — Leaf-cushion rhomboidal, with the upper 

 and lower angles truncated, giving it a hexagonal appear- 



• Read before the Royal Physical Society, Edinburgh, March 18, 1885. 

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