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ABIETINEAE 



[CH. 



Pityodadus longifolius (Nathorst). [And Pityopliyllum longifolium 

 Nathorst.] 



This species was first described by Nathorst 1 from Rhaetic beds 

 in Scania as Taxites longifolius and afterwards as ? Cycadites. 



FIG. 776. Pityoplnjl- 

 lum longifoUn) 

 (Nat. size.) 



FIG. 775. Pityodadus longifolius. Leaves attached 

 to a short shoot covered with scales. (Nat. size: 

 a piece of lamina enlarged to show the fine trans- 

 verse striations. From a specimen from Scania 

 in the Stockholm Museum.) 



Moller 2 adopted Nathorst' s generic name Pityophyllum for de- 

 tached leaves and that designation should be used for specimens 



1 Nathorst (78 2 ) B. p. 50. 2 Moller (03) p. 40, PL vi. 



