174 Mr. J. S. Newberry on Fossil Plants 
Sigillaria Brardii, Bret. 
Pecopteris cyathea, Bret. 
Pecopteris unita ?, Bret. 
Archeopteris, n. sp.? 
Lonchopteris, n. sp. ? 
The Archeopteris indicates that the coal with which these 
plants are associated belongs near the base of the Coal- 
measures, as this genus does not rise above that horizon. 
The species of Lonchopteris and Archwopteris are best 
represented in the collection; and the former is very well 
shown. In general aspect it is not unlike the figures given 
by Brongniart of his L. rugosa (Vég. Foss. p. 368, tab. 131. 
figs. 1, 2, , 2); but the pinnules are smaller, and the reticulation 
much more open. In the latter respect it is more like L. 
Baurii, Andy., L. Eschwetlerianus, Andr., and L. conjugata, 
Geepp., sp. (Neuropterts conju gata, Geepp.) ; but it has nar- 
rower, more pointed and curved pinnules than either. 
Should a lar ger number of specimens show that these are 
constant characters, it will be necessary to regard this as a new 
species, which may be fittingly named after Mr. Hague, Lon- 
chopteris Hagueana. ‘The Archeopteris mentioned is a very 
graceful and well-marked species of the genus, having obo- 
vate or spatulate pinnules, of which the upper extremities are 
often crenulate or fimbriate. It is less robust than the type 
forms of A. hibernica, Forbes, sp.; and the pimnules are more 
symmetrical. It is about the size of A. Jacksoni, Dwn., but 
has less crowded, more elongate, and more regularly ovate or 
spatulate pinnules. The nerves are fine, forked only near the 
base, simple and subparallel above. Possibly this may be, 
like several described species of Archwopteris, only a variety 
ot A. hibernica; but the characters mentioned seem to separate 
it from any known form, and I would suggest for it the name 
Archeopteris spatulata. 
The first fossil plants brought from China were collected by 
Prof. Pumpelly, and were described by the writer in the 
‘Smithsonian Contributions’ of 1866. These included two 
new terns, Sphenopteris orientalis, N., and Hymenophyllites 
tenellus, N., Pecopteris whitbyensis, found in the Lias and 
Upper ‘Trias of Europe, Podozamites lanceolatus, a Liassic 
plant of the old world, and P. Lmmonsi, which occurs in North 
Carolina, all of which seem to represent the Upper Trias or 
Lower Lias*. Subsequently (in 1868) M. Ad. Brongniart ex- 
‘ My paper on the fossil plants collected by Prof. Pumpelly has been 
reviewed by Heer (‘Juratlora Ostsibiriens,’ p. 17) and Schenk (Richt- 
hofen’s ‘China,’ vol. iv. p. 264), with some suggestions in regard to 
their generic and specific relations, which would hardly have been made 
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