XXXVIIl] CYCADOLEPIS 495 



Eury -Cycadolepis sp. 



This type of scale, represented by specimens from the Wealden 

 of Sussex 1 (figs. 582, 583), reaches a length of 13 cm. and a breadth 

 of 7 cm. and is sometimes almost orbicular. The lamina is convex 

 but shows no definite venation and bears a close resemblance to 

 the scale-like petiole-stumps on an old stem of Macrozamia. On 



FIG. 583. Cycadolepis (Eury-Cyca- 

 dolepis) sp. Scale from the 

 Wealden beds of Sussex. (British 

 Museum, No. V. 2131a; nat. 



size.) 



FIG. 582. Cycadolepis (Eury-Cycado- 

 lepis) sp. From the Wealden beds 

 of Sussex. (Brit. Mus. No. V. 2799.) 



some of the smaller specimens (fig. 583) several forked veins 

 extend vertically from the broad base. Since these specimens 

 were first described additional examples have been discovered 

 in the Wealden beds of Sussex, some of which are attached to 

 a piece of stem 2 in such a manner as to give support to the view 



1 Seward (95) A. p. 98, PI. v. figs. 2, 6; (03) B. p. 31. 



2 Ibid. (13) p. 101, PI. xn. figs. 3, 4; PI. xiv. fig. 6. 



