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leaf in the Hutton collection which was believed to be the specimen 

 reproduced on Plate 29 of the Fossil Flora. Fig. 665 represents 

 an impression in the British Museum 1 from the Newcastle Coal 

 Measures; the cuneate and partially torn lamina, 15cm. long, is 

 characterised by the very large number of forked veins, approxi- 

 mately three to a breadth of 1 mm. In this and another specimen 2 



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FIG. 665. Psygmophyllum flabellatum. (Brit. Mus. No. 40578; 

 ca. f nat. size.) M. S. 



it can be seen that the veins occasionally anastomose, but this 

 feature is more clearly shown in some better specimens in the 

 Sunderland Museum 3 . One of these is represented half natural 

 size in fig. 666. The leaves have no true petiole and are attached 

 to the axis by narrow decurrent bases. A careful examination of 

 the specimen did not enable me to detect any satisfactory evidence 

 1 No. 40578. 2 No. 38927. 3 For other figures, see Arber (12). 



