XX 



INTRODUCTION. 



In a paper by Hosius and Von der Marck, published in the 

 Palaeontographica for 1879-1880, a number of plants are figured 

 and described from the Westphalian Chalk formation; the 

 following species are mentioned from the Lower Gault and 

 Neocomian 1 : 



Lonchopterisrecentior, Schenk= Weich- 



selia Mantelli (Brong.). 

 Clathraria galtiana, Hos. and V. d. M. 

 Megalozamia falcifonnis, Hos. and V. 



d. M. 



Protopteris punctata (Sternb.) . 

 Weichselia Ludovicce, Stiehler = W. 



Mantelli (Brong.). 

 Laccopteris Dunkeri, Schenk = Micro- 



dictyon Dunkeri (Schenk). 

 Sayenopteris Neocomiensis, Hos. and 



V. d. M. 



Pterophyllum Germaria, E. v. Otto. 

 P. blechniforme, Hos. and V. d. M. 

 P. Saxonicum, Eeich. 

 Dioonites abietinus, Miguel. 

 Podozamates cegualis, Miguel. 

 Zamites iburgensis, Hos. and V. d. M. 

 Z. nervosus, Schenk. 

 Abietites Linkii, Eoem. 

 Sphenolepis Sternbergiana, Schenk. 

 S. Kurriana? Schenk. 

 Pitcairnia primceva, Hos. andV.d. M. 



In a later communication from the same authors Pinus Quenstedti, 

 Heer, is added to the list of Neocomian plants from Westphalia. 2 



A number of distinctly Wealden plants has been recorded 

 from strata in the neighbourhood of Quedlinburg, on the northern 

 side of the Hartz Mountains ; these beds are spoken of as Lower 

 Quadersandstone and " Hilssandstein." The following species are 

 given by Schulze 3 : 



Alethopteris cycadina, Schenk. 

 A. revoluta. 



Matorddium Gopperli, Schenk. 

 Gleichenia, cf. rotula, Hr. 

 G. cf. giesekiana, Hr. 

 Cf. Lonchopteris Mantelli, Brong.: 

 Weichselia Mantelli (Brong.). 



Pteridophyllum fastigiatum, Schulze. 



Zamites, sp. 



Cf . Sequoia falcifolia, Roemer, sp. = 



Sphenolepis Sternbergiana, Schenk. 

 Sphenolepis imbricata, Hoemer, sp. = 



S. Kurriana, Schenk. 



1 Palseontographica, vol. xxvi. 1880, pp. 201 et seq. 



2 Ibid. vol. xxxi. ,1885, p. 231. 



3 Flor. subhercyn. Kreid. pp. 10 et seq. 



