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affinity to recent Cupressineae. By slightly extending the use of 

 Brachyphyllum we avoid the danger of giving a false impression of 

 affinity and lighten the task of dealing with material which is of 

 secondary botanical importance. 



Brachyphyllum expansum (Sternberg). 



In transferring this widely spread Jurassic species, founded by 

 Sternberg on a specimen from the Stonesfield (fig. 754), Oxford- 



FIG. 754. Brachyphyllum expansum. 

 (Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge.) 



FIG. 755. Brachyphyllum expansum. 

 (Figured by Feistmantel as Echino- 

 strobus expansus.) 



shire, as Thuites expansus 1 , from Thuites to Brachyphyllum the 

 application of the latter name is extended to include Coniferous 

 shoots in which the decussate arrangement of the leaves is more 

 apparent than in the majority of species usually referred to 



1 Sternberg (23) A. p. 38, PI. xxxvin. figs. 1, 2. For synonymy see Seward (04) 

 B. p. 142. 



