BEI. — BYT.] 



PLANTS. 



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Bechera, Sternberg, 1824, Vers. Darst. Flora 

 der Vorwelt, p. 30. [Ety. proper name.] 

 Like Asterophyllites in its verticillate 

 leaves, but distinguished by its tumid 

 joints and deeply and widely furrowed 

 stems. Type B. grandis. 

 grandis, Sternberg, 1824, Vers. Darst. 

 Flora der Vorwelt, fasc. 4, p. 30, and 

 Coal Flora of Pa., p. 41. Coal Meas. 

 tenuis, Bunbury, 1846, Am. Jour. Sci., 2d 

 series, vol. 2, p. 232, Coal Meas. 

 Beinertia, Goeppert, 1836, Syst. Filic. Foss. 

 p. 273. [Ety. proper name.] Distin- 

 guished from Pecopteris by the treble 

 flexuous nerves; sometimes anastomos- 

 ing, and may have its actual represen- 

 tative in the Gymnogramme. Type B. 

 gy mnogrammoides. 

 goepperti, Dawson, 1863, Can. Nat., vol. 8, 

 and Acad. Geol. p. 485, Coal Meas. 

 Bergeria marginata, see Lepidodendron mar- 

 ginatum. 

 Bergeria rhombica, see Lepidodendron 

 rhombicum. 

 Blastophycus, Miller & Dyer, 1878, Jour.Cin. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 24. [Ety. blastos, 

 bud ; phukos, sea-weed.] Plant bilobate 

 with a button-like protuberance at the 

 junction. Type B. diadematum. 



diadematum, Miller & 

 Dyer, 1878, Jour.Cin. 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 



yA'-iB "4 '-I 1 - 24 > Utica Slate 

 V : mmm- : I Gr - 



''mmS SHSti'l Bornia, F. A. Roemer, 

 1854, Palreontograph- 

 ica, vol. 3. [Ety. 

 proper name.] Stems 

 cylindrical, articulate 

 and furrowed as in 

 Calamites; articula- 

 tions scarcely con- 

 tracted ; ribs cut 

 square or obtuse at 

 the articulations, con- 

 tinuous, not alternat- 

 ing, thinly striate; cortical cylinder 

 thick ; leaves verticillate, free, linear- 

 lanceolate. Type B. radiata. 

 inornata, Dawson, 1862, (Calamites inor- 

 natus,) Quar. Jour. Geo. Soc, vol. 18, 

 p. 310, Genessee Slate, 

 radiata, Brongniart, 1828, (Calamites ra- 

 diatus,) Hist. d. Veg. Foss., p. 122, and 

 Coal Flora of Pa., p. 30, Subconglomerate. 



Fig. 17. 

 Blastophycus 

 diadematum. 



UK 



Fig. 18. — Bornia transition is. 



transitions, Gceppert, 1852, (Calamites 

 transitionis,) Foss. Fl. d. Uebergsg., p. 

 116, and Quar. Jour. Geo. Soc, vol. 18, 

 p. 309, Ham. Gr. 



Bothrodendron punctatum, see Ulodendron 



punctatum. 

 Brachyphyllum obtusum, see Lepidocystis ob- 



tusus. 

 Bruckmannia longifolia, see Asterophyllites 

 longifolius. 



rigida, see Asterophyllites rigidus. 



tubercidata, see Annularia tuberculata. 

 Bythotrephis, Hall, 1847, Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, 

 p. 8. [Ety. buthos, depth of the sea; tre- 

 phos, to grow.] Steins subcylindrical or 

 compressed ; branches numerous, divari- 

 cating, sometimes leaf-like. Type B. 

 antiquata. 



antiquata, Hall, 1847, Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, p. 

 8, Calcif. Gr. 



asteroides, Fitch, 1849, Trans, Ag. Soc, 

 and Emmons Am. Geol., p. 101, Upper 

 Taconic 



csespitosa, Hall, 1850, 3d Rep. N. Y. St., 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., p. 178, Trenton Gr. 



flexuosa, Emmons, 1844, (Fucoides flexu- 

 osa,) Taconic system, p. 69, Upper 

 Taconic. 



Fig. 19. — Bythotrephis ramulosa, showing the 

 ends, and branches as they appear on a nodule. 



gracilis, Hall, 1843, Geo. Rep., 4th Dist., 



N. Y., p.- 69, and Pal. N. Y., vol. 1, p. 



62, Trenton to Clinton Gr. 

 gracilis var. crassa, Hall, 1852, Pal. N. Y., 



vol. 2, p. 19, Clinton Gr. 

 gracilis var. intermedia, Hall, 1852, Pal. 



N. Y., vol. 2, p. 19, Trenton to Clin- 

 ton Gr. 

 granti, Dawson, 1888, Geo. Hist, of Plants, 



p. 37, Clinton Gr. 

 gregaria, Ringueberg, 1888, Proc Acad. 



Nat. Sci. Phil., p. 131, Niagara Gr. 

 impudica, Hall, 1852, Pal. N. Y., vol. 2, p. 



20, Clinton Gr. 

 lesquereuxi, Grote & Pitt, 1876, Bull. Buff. 



Soc Nat. Hist., vol. 3, p. 88,WaterlimeGr. 

 palmata, Hall, 1852, Pal. N. Y., vol. 2, p. 



20, Clinton Gr. 



