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nerve, bearing at base thick, suberect 

 or recurved bolsters, inflated in the 

 upper part and dotted with small vas- 

 cular points ; leaf-scars transversely 

 rhomboidal, marked horizontally by 

 three vascular scars, minutely papil- 

 lose under the cortex. Type L. larici- 

 nus. 

 acadianus, Dawson, 1863, Can. Nat. and 

 Geo., vol. 8, and Acad. Geol. p. 489, 

 Coal Meas. 

 antiquus, Dawson, 1871, Foss. Plants 



Canada, p. 36, Devonian, 

 auriculatus, Lesquereux, 1870, Geo. Sur. 



111., vol. 4, p. 439, Coal Meas. 

 crassicaulis, Corda, 1845, Beitragezur Flora 



der Vorwelt, p. 18, Coal Meas. 

 dilatatus, Lesquereux, 1884, Coal Flora of 



Pa., p. 781, Coal Meas. 

 ichthyoderma, Lesquereux, 1880, Coal 



Flora of Pa., p. 426, Coal Meas. 

 ichthyolepis, see Lepidodendron ichthyo- 



lepis. 

 irregularis, Lesquereux, 1860, Geo. Sur. 



Ark. vol. 2, p. 311, Coal Meas. 

 laricinus, Sternberg, 1820, (Lepidodendron 

 laricinum,) Flor. d. monde primitif, 1st 

 Cahier, p. 25, Coal Meas. 

 lesquereuxi, Andrews, 1875, Ohio Pal., 



vol. 2, p. 423, Coal Meas. 

 macrolepidotus, Goldenberg, 1862, Flora 

 sarrsepontana fossilis, vol. 3, p. 37, 

 Coal Meas. 



obcord a t u s , 

 Lesque- 

 reux, 1866, 

 Geo. Sur. 

 111., vol. 2, 

 p. 457, Coal 

 Meas. 

 parvus, Daw- 

 son, 1863, 

 Can. Nat. 

 and Geo., 

 vol. 8, and 

 Acad. Geol., 

 p. 490, Coal 

 Meas. 



platystigma, Dawson, 1863, Can. Nat. and 

 Geo., vol. 8, and Acad. Geol., p. 490, 

 Coal Meas. 

 prominulus, Dawson, 1863, Can. Nat. and 

 Geo., vol. 8, and Acad. Geol., p. 489, 

 Coal Meas. 

 protuberans, Lesquereux, 1870, Geo. Sur. 



111., vol. 4, p. 440, Coal Meas. 

 sigillarioides, Lesquereux, 1880, Coal Flora 



of Pa., p. 425, Coal Meas. 

 tetragonum, Dawson, 1863, Can. Nat. and 

 Geo., vol. 8, and Acad. Geol., p. 490, 

 Coal Meas. 

 tumidus, Lesquereux, see Lepidodendron 

 tumidum. 

 Lepidophyllum, Brongniart, 1828, Prodr. d. 

 Hist. Veg. Foss., p. 87. [Ety. lepis, 

 scale; phyllon, leaf.] Blades or bracts, 

 either joined to sporanges, or sporan- 

 giophores of Lepidostrobus, or isolated. 

 Type L. majum. 



Fig. 45.— Lepidophloios 

 macrolepidotus. 



acuminatum, Lesquereux, 1858, Geo. Sur. 

 Pa. , vol. 2, p. 875. The name was pre- 

 occupied by Gutbier in 1843, but as it 

 is a Lepidostrobus the name may be 

 retained. 



affine, Lesquereux, 1858, Geo. Sur. Pa., 

 vol. 2, p. 875, Coal Meas. 



auriculatum, Lesquereux, 1866, Geo. Sur. 

 111., vol. 2, p. 457, Coal Meas. 



brevifolium, Lesquereux, 1858, Geo. Sur. 

 Pa., vol. 2, p. 876, Coal Meas. 



campbellanum, Lesquereux, 1884, Coal 

 Flora of Pa., p. 786, Coal Meas. 



coriaceum, Lesquereux, 1884, Coal Flora 

 of Pa., p. 787, Coal Meas. 



cultriforme, Lesquereux, 1884, Coal Flora 

 of Pa., p. 785, Coal Meas. 



elegans, Lesquereux, 1884, Coal Flora of 

 Pa., p. 787, Coal Meas. 



fallax, Lesquereux, 1884, Coal Flora of 

 Pa., p. 786, Coal Meas. 



foliaceum, see Lepidostrobus foliaceus. 



gracile, Lesquereux, 1884, Coal Flora of 

 Pa., p. 786, Coal Meas. 



hastatum, see Lepidostrobus hastatus. 



intermedium, Lindley & Hutton, 1831, 

 Foss. Flora, vol. 1, p. 125, Coal Meas. 



lanceolatum, see Lepidostrobus lanceolatus. 



linearifolium, Lesquereux, 1880, Coal 

 Flora of Pa., p. 452, Coal Meas. 



majum, Brongniart, 1828, Prodrome d'une 

 Hist. Veg. Foss., p. 87, and Coal Flora 

 of Pa., p. 449, Coal Meas. 



mansfieldi, Lesquereux, 1880, Coal Flora 

 of Pa., p. 449, Coal Meas. 



minutum, Lesquereux, 1884, Coal Flora of 

 Pa., p. 787, Coal Meas. 



morrisanum, Lesquereux, 1880, Coal Flora 

 of Pa., p. 448, Coal Meas. 



obtusum, Lesquereux, 1858, Geo. Sur. 

 Pa., vol. 2, p. 875, Coal Meas. 



plicatum, Lesquereux, 1858, Geo. Sur. 

 Pa., vol. 2, p. 876, Coal Meas. 



rostellatum, Lesquereux, 1870, Geo. Sur. 

 111., vol. 4, p. 443, Coal Meas. 



striatum, Lesquereux, 1870, Geo. Sur. 111., 

 vol. 4, p. 443, Coal Meas. 



trinerve, Brongniart, 1828, Prodr. Hist. 

 Veg. Foss., p. 87, and Lindley & Hut- 

 ton's Foss. Flora, vol. 2, p. 195, Coal 

 Meas. 



truncatum, see Lepidostrobus truncatus. 



tumidum, Lesquereux, 1880, Coal Flora of 

 Pa., p. 448, Coal Meas. 

 Lepidostrobus, Brongniart, 1828, Prodr. d. 

 Hist. Veg. Foss., p. 87. [Ety. lepis, scale ; 

 strobus, cone.] Strobiles cylindrical or 

 ovate, oblong, conical ; composed of 

 sporanges (spore-cases) subcylindrical or 

 clavate, emarginate at the apex, sup- 

 ported in the middle lengthwise by 

 bracts formed of a pedicel, attached like 

 the sporanges in right angle to the 

 axis, linear or oblanceolate, either sim- 

 ple, not longer than the sporanges, or 

 prolonged into lanceolate, obtuse or 

 acuminate laminae, curved upward on 

 the outside of the strobiles and imbri- 

 cated on their sides, or merelv inflated 



