from the Lanarkshire Coal-field. 485 



stems alone which bear the leaves are a little more than 

 one tenth of an inch thick. The branches diminish gradu- 

 ally in width towards their apex. The leaves are very- 

 narrow, and about one fifth of an inch long. These two 

 fossils are similar to those figured by Rbhl as Lycopodites 

 selaginoides ( l Fossile Flora der Steinkohlen-Formation 

 Westphalens,' pi. vii. fig. 3). 



I prefer, however, to record these specimens merely as 

 Lepidodendroid twigs, rather than to place them under Lyco- 

 podites, for this genus, as founded by Brongniart, contained 

 a number of Coniferous branches and small twigs of Lepido- 

 dendron, and was subsequently given up by that author ; but 

 Lycopodites, as resuscitated by Goldenberg*, contains certain 

 plants very closely related to the recent genus Lycopodium, 

 and quite distinct from Lepidodendron, and as the specimens 

 from Whiterigg appear to be only young twigs of Lepido- 

 dendron (though of which species of Lepidodendron I am 

 unable to say), they cannot be referred to Lycopodites, as 

 restricted by Golden berg. 



Locality. Blaes between Kiltongue and Drumgray Coals, 

 Whiterigg, near Airdrie. 



Lepidophloios, Sternberg. 



Lepidophloios, sp. 



Remarks. This genus is only represented by a fragment 

 of a compressed stem, showing the Halonian condition of 

 Lepidophloios, it now being known that Halonia, Lindley and 

 Hutton, and Cyclocladia ornata, Goldenberg f ? are the fruit- 

 ing branches of Lepidophloios. 



The example from Airdrie agrees in all respects with Gol- 

 denberg's figure. As the leaf-scars are not preserved on the 

 fossil it is impossible to distinguish the species of Lepido- 

 phloios to which this fragment belongs. 



Locality. Pit, Airdrie. 



Lepidophyllum, Brongniart. 



Lepidophyllum lanceolatum, Lindley & Hutton. 



Lepidophyllum kmceolatvm, Lindley & Hutton, Fossil Flora, vol. i. 

 pi. vii. tigs. 3, 4. 



Remarks. In Lepidopihyllum are placed isolated bracts 



* Goldenberg, ' Flora S.irsepontana fossilis,' Heft i. pp. 9, 10 (1855). 

 See also Kidston, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Aug. 1884, p. 111. 



t Goldenberg, ' Flora Saraepontana fossilis,' Heft i. p. 20, pi. Hi 

 fig. 11. 



