CON1TES. 1 1 5 



often insufficient evidence. If AVC have distinct cycadean cones 

 before us, the name Cycadeostrobus would seem a suitable term 

 to apply to them. As in the case of the genus Carpolithes, we 

 may always give expression to any bias towards one or other 

 group of plants, by adding the word Cycadece or Conifera as 

 qualifying epithets to the more comprehensive generic name. 



I would suggest, then, the revival of the old genus Conites* 

 as a convenient generic name for cones of doubtful botanical 

 affinity. 



Conites elegans (Cam). 



1867. Cycadeostrobus elegans, Carruthers, Journ. Bot. vol. v. p. 7, pi. Ivii. 



fig. 9. 

 1867. Cycadeostrobus ovatus, Carruthers, loc. cit. p. 6, pi. Ivii. fig. 1. 



1870. Zamiostrobus elegans, Schimper, Trait, pal. veg. vol. ii. p. 203. 

 Zamiostrobus ovatus, Schimper, loc. cit. p. 203. 



1871. Zamiostrobus elegans, Schenk, Palaeontographica, vol. xix. p. 228. 

 Zamiostrobus ovatus, Schenk, loc. cit. p. 228. 



1889. Cycadeostrobus elegans, Bristow, Geol. I. Wight, p. 258. 

 Cycadeostrobus ovatus, Bristow, loc. cit. p. 258. 



Type. Pyritized specimens, British Museum. 



After an examination of the type specimens of Cycadeostrobus 

 elegans and C. ovatus which Carruthers has described, I have 

 ventured to include both examples under one specific name. The 

 pyritized specimens do not appear to present any distinctive 

 characters which can be regarded as of specific value. Unfor- 

 tunately the preservation is not such as to enable us to prove 

 either cycadean or coniferous relationship. Carruthers speaks of 

 Cycadeostrobus elegans as an "ovoid cone, truncate below; scales 

 nearly as deep as they are wide," ~ and of C. ovatus as an " ovate 

 cone ; scales somewhat broader than deep." 3 In the absence of 

 structural characters it is impossible to give any more complete 

 diagnosis. 



1 The genus Strobilites was suggested in 1840 by Schimper and Mougeot for 

 certain cones from the Triassic beds of the Vosges. 



2 (3), p. 7. 



3 Ibid. p. 6. 



