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of doubtful uature. They must have been stems or roots, bifur- 

 cating in the manner of Psilophyton, but having a very slender 

 woody axis. They may have been either roots of some plant, or 

 stems of a smooth and comparatively succulent species of Psilophyton. 



Fig. 190.— Cordaites Robbii. 



{a) Group of young leaves. 

 (6) Point of leaf. 



(c) Base of leaf. 



(d) Venation; magnified. 



Cordaites Robbii, Dn. (Fig. 190). Leaves elongated, lanceolate, 

 sometimes three inches wide and a foot in length. Veins equal and 

 parallel. Base broad, clasping the stem, point acuminate. When 

 this species was described in my paper in the " Canadian Naturalist," 1 

 only very imperfect specimens were in my possession ; but numerous 

 and fine specimens recently found now enable me more perfectly 

 to characterize the species. The leaves vary much in form ; and 



* May 1861, p. 168. 



