iloka or Tin: dkyontan. 





dant at St John, both in tlio sandstone containing coniferous trees, ami 

 the shales which afford Ferns, Cordattes, eto. Some of the beds of 

 the latter are filled with flattened stems. Tins was one of the first 

 fossils recognised in the St John rocks, specimens having been shown 

 to me in 1857 by the late Professor Robb.* 



Fig. 186. — Calatnites transitiuiu's. 



Catamites cannatformis, Brongniart. This species, presenting the 

 characters which it exhibits in the Coal measures, occurs in the ledges 

 west of Carlton, associated with the last species, but in much less 

 abundance. It is a widely distributed species, but has not, I believe, 

 been found previously in rocks older than the Lower Carboniferous. 



(Aster ophjtlitcs, etc.) 



Asterophyllites acicidaris, Dn. (Fig. 194, II and II 2 ). Stems slender, 

 striated, thickened at the nodes, leafy. Leaves one-nerved, linear, 



* Dr Gesner mentions (Second Report, 1840, p. 12) a Culamitc (probably this speciea) 

 as occurring near Little River. 



