xx INTRODUCTION. 
In a paper by Hosius and Von der Marck, published in the 
Paleontographica for 1879-1880, a number of plants are figured 
and described from the Westphalian Chalk formation; the 
following species are mentioned from the Lower Gault and 
Neocomian! :— 
Lonchopterisrecentior, Schenk = Weich- 
selia Mantelli (Brong.). 
Clathraria galtiana, Hos. and V.d. M. 
Megalozamia faleiformis, Hos. and Y. 
d. M. 
Protopteris punctata (Sternb.). 
Weiehselia Ludoviee, Stiehler = W. 
Mantelli (Brong.). 
Laccopteris Dunkeri, Schenk = Micro- 
dictyon Dunkeri (Schenk). 
Sagenopteris Neocomiensis, Hos. and 
Wo Ob ile 
Pterophyllum Germaria, E. vy. Otto. 
P. blechniforme, Hos. and Y. d. M. 
P. Saxonicum, Reich. 
Dioonites abietinus, Miguel. 
Podozamates equalis, Miguel. 
Zamites iburgensis, Hos. and Y. d. M. 
Z. nervosus, Schenk. 
Abietites Linkii, Roem. 
Sphenolepis Sternbergiana, Schenk. 
S. Kurriana? Schenk. 
Pitcairnia primeva, Hos. and V.d. M. 
In a later communication from the same authors Pinus Quenstedti, 
Heer, is added to the list of Neocomian plants from Westphalia.’ 
A number of distinctly Wealden plants has been recorded 
from strata in the neighbourhood of Quedlinburg, on the northern 
side of the Hartz Mountains; these beds are spoken of as Lower 
Quadersandstone and ‘“ Hilssandstein.”’ 
given by Schulze * :— 
Alethopteris cycadina, Schenk. 
A. revoluta. 
Matonidium Gopperti, Schenk. 
Gleichenia, ct. rotula, Hr. 
G. cf. giesekiana, Hr. 
Cf. Lonchopteris Mantelli, Brong. = 
Weichselia Mantelli (Brong.). 
The following species are 
Pteridophyllum fastigiatum, Schulze. 
Zamites, sp. 
Cf. Sequoia faleifolia, Roemer, sp. = 
Sphenolepis Sternbergiana, Schenk. 
Sphenolepis imbricata, Roemer, sp. = 
S. Kurriana, Schenk. 
* Paleontographica, vol. xxvi. 1880, pp. 201 e¢ seg. 
? Ibid. vol. xxxi. 1885, p. 231. 
* Flor. subhereyn. Kreid. pp. 10 e¢ seg. 
