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veins and imperfectly preserved stomata occur in rows on the 

 lower surface. Berry compares the species with Araucaria Tou- 

 casi figured by Saporta 1 from Turonian rocks in the South of 

 France. Another species founded on a sterile shoot is Araucarites 

 Hatcheri described by Wieland 2 from Upper Cretaceous rocks in 

 Wyoming. 



These and other examples that might be quoted, though re- 

 ferred to the Araucarineae on evidence that cannot be considered 

 conclusive, are probably correctly determined; the comparison 

 with Araucaria Bidwilli and A. imbricata suggested by the striking 

 resemblance of the leaves is supported by the occurrence of Arau- 

 carian cone-scales in some of the localities. 



Araucarites Sternbergii Goeppert. 



This species was founded on sterile branches, from the rich 

 Eocene flora of Haring in the Tyrol 3 , practically identical in habit 

 with foliage-shoots of Araucaria excelsa and other recent species. 

 From the same locality Goeppert 4 figured an imperfectly pre- 

 served cone approximately 6 cm. long and 3 cm. in diameter 

 characterised by imbricate, spirally disposed scales with reflexed 

 apices which he compares to a male cone of Araucaria imbricata 

 incorrectly spoken of as A. excelsa : Goeppert suggests the possible 

 specific identity of A. Sternbergii and A. Goepperti Sternb. : the 

 latter species was founded by Sternberg 5 on a Tertiary cone from 

 Haring in the Tyrol. Ettingshausen 6 subsequently figured 

 several good examples of vegetative shoots of this type from 

 Haring and described a subglobose cone, figured by Gardner 7 , 

 which he refers to the same species : this author also records 

 A. Slernbergii from Bilin in Bohemia 8 , but under the generic 

 name Sequoia: in his account of the occurrence of the species 

 in Carinthia 9 he adopts the designation Araucarites. Ettings- 

 hausen figures a single cone-scale from Eocene beds in Styria as 

 Araucarites schoeneggensis 10 and compares it to the scales of 



Saporta (79) A. p. 198, PL xxvu., 2. 2 Wieland (08 2 ) p. 6, fig. 2. 



Goeppert (50) p. 236, PL XLIV. fig. 1. 



Ib id. PL XLIV. fig. 2. 5 Sternberg (38) A. PL xxxix. fig. 4. 



Ettingshausen (55) p. 36, Pis. vn., vra. 7 Gardner (86) p. 96. 



Ettingshausen (67 2 ) p. 116, PL xm. figs. 38. 



Ibid. (85). 10 Ibid. (90) PL T. fig. 93. 



