556 THE DEVONIAN PERIOD. 



remote. Attached to some are apparently traces of calyx-leaves or 

 bracts. Shales of St John. 



Antholithes Devonicus, sp. nov. (Fig. 194, E). Stipe thick, rugose; 

 flowers distichous, somewhat distant, each with a strong, straight spine 

 or bract, and several broader scales. In some specimens a number of 

 slender threads (filaments or styles) are seen to project from between 

 the scales. This fossil is evidently of the same general character with 

 the Antholithes of the Coal formation. 



I have to add to the above descriptions the remark, that I have been 

 unable to figure the larger and finer ferns and other fossils of St John 

 in a manner worthy of them. I have given merely such fragments 

 as will aid in their identification. I trust that now, when so extensive 

 collections have been made, the means will be found to figure the finer 

 specimens. In the meantime, after examining with care twelve large 

 cases of these fossils, the property of the Natural History Society of 

 New Brunswick, I have arrived at the conclusion that we have nearly 

 all the material necessary for a full illustration of most of the species, 

 — a labour which I hope yet to complete. In examining this large 

 collection, while I see much that throws new light on the species, it 

 is a source of satisfaction to me that I have to retract so little of what 

 I published on the evidence of comparatively imperfect material. 



Note. — Illustrations of several of the above species not figured in 

 this work, will be found in the Author's papers on the Devonian 

 plants of Eastern America in the Journal of the Geological Society, 

 vols, xviii. and xix. 



