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PHOENICOPSIS 



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has figured an imperfect specimen from Upper Gondwaria rocks 

 in India that may be correctly referred to this genus. Incomplete 

 leaves from the Rhaetic beds of Sweden described by Nathorst 1 

 &s Phoenicopsis cf. speciosa Heer may be examples of the genus, 

 but the name Desmiophyllum would be more appropriate. 



FIG. 663. Phoenicopsis speciosa. (After Heer; f nat. size.) 



Phoenicopsis. 

 ^hoenicopsis speciosa Heer. 



In this Siberian Jurassic species 2 the leaves reach a length of 

 iO cm. and a breadth of 7 8 mm. ; there are from 15 to 23 veins 



1 Nathorst (86) p. 96, PL xxv. figs. 25, 26. 



2 Heer (77) ii. p. 112, Pis. xxix., xxx. 



