DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



type specimen .... leads me to unhesitatingly describe it as dis- 

 tinctly worn and rolled, and imperfectly preserved. The figure 

 does not convey a very accurate idea of the actual fossil ; the 

 scales are very imperfect, and their half-moon form spoken of 

 by the author of the species is almost certainly due to wearing, 

 aud cannot, I believe, be accepted as an original character." 



Pinostrobus pottoniensis (Gardner), comb. nov. 

 [Text-fig. 37.] 



1886. Pinites Pottoniensis, Gardner, Rep. Brit. Assoc., 188-"), p. LM"), 



pi. vii, fig. 3. 

 188G. Pinites Pottoniensis, Gardner, Geol. Mag., dec. 3, vol. 3, 



p. 499. 

 1895. Pinites Pottoniensis, Sewnrd, Cat. Wealdeii Flora, vol. 2, 



p. 193. 



Diagnosis. The description given by Gardner is as follows : 

 " The fragment figured, though much mutilated, fortunately 



Text-fig. 37. Pinostrobus pottoniensis (Gardner), comb. nov. Base of cone, 

 showing scales and seeds. X about f. After Gardner. 



shows the characteristically winged seeds of Pinus in the most 

 perfect manner, entirely removing any lingering doubt as to the 

 occurrence of representatives of true Pinus as low down as the 

 Neocomian. The scales were set at an acute angle with slightly 



