SECTION AT Tin; IT.KN LED* 521 



Plant-bed No. G .9 feet 



Fine-grained and light-coloured shale, with great abundance of 

 Cordaites Robbii, and Catamites transitionis ; above thai a layer of 

 coarse shale, with Cordaites, and stems of plants badly preserved, 

 then a layer of soft, very friable Bhale, with few fossils; and, lastly, 

 a layer of coarse shale of a greenish-gray colour, with — 



Pecopteris discrcpans, Daws. Abundant. — Cordaites Robbii, 



Daws. Abundant. — Catamites cannaformis, Brongn. Neu- 



ropteris polymorphs. Daws. — Cardiocarpum cornutum, 1 laws. — 



Cardiocarpum obUquum, Daws. — Pecopteris, sp. nov. Occurs 



abundantly in some of the overlying beds. 



Sandstones and coarse shales, with abundance of plant-remains, 

 principally Cordaites and Catamites . . . . .5 feet. 



Plant-bed No. 7 . . . . . . . 2 ,, 



This is one of the richest plant-beds of the section. The shales 

 composing it vary much in character in different exposures. Tiny 

 are for the most part of a gray colour, and compact, like a fine-grained 

 sandstone, though they pass into a light-brownish, very fissile, soft 

 shale, and there are some layers of a very black colour. 



Cordaites Robbii, Daws. Very abundant, and in a beautiful state 

 of preservation. — Catamites transitionis, Goeppt. Not abun- 

 dant as good specimens. — C. canna'formis, Brongn. Rare. — 

 (?) Asterophyllites acicularis, Daws. In very beautiful specimens, 

 very common in certain thin layers. There are two or three 

 other species, occurring also in the overlying beds, which 

 appear to be new. — Annularia acuminata, Daws. Extremely 

 plentiful. — Pinnularia dispalans, Daws. Extremely plentiful. — 

 (?) Psilophjton elegans, Daws. I have obtained several specimens 

 of a Psilophyton, growing in tufts, and closely resembling this 

 species. — Neuropteris polymorpha, Daws. Occasional. — Pe- 

 copteris (Alethopteris) discrepans, Daws. Abundant, and 

 obtainable in good specimens. — Cycloptrris obtusa, Losijx. 

 Occasional. — Sphenopteris marginata, Daws. — HymenophyUites 

 subfurcatus, Daws. — Cardiocarpum cornutum, Daws. Quite 

 abundant. — C. obtiquum, J >aws. Quite abundant.— C. Crampii, 

 Ilartt. — Alethopteris Perleyi, Hartt. — Sphenopteris pit 

 Daws. Several other plants not yet determined. — Insects. 

 A single insect's wing was obtained from this bed by my father 

 and myself. 



Compact sandstone and coarse shales (barren of fossils) . 3 f« t. 



