ELATOCLADUS 



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Halle 1 from Graham Land, originally described by Oldham and 

 Morris as Cunninghamites confertus and subsequently removed by 

 Feistmantel to Palissva : the leaves are distichous with a sessile and 



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decurrent lamina attached at a wide angle. The apex of the leaves 

 is obtuse and a midrib is present. In Elatocladus conferta Halle in- 

 cludes the Australian form Palissya australis as figured by Stirling 2 . 



Elatocladus zamioides (Leckenby ex Bean MS.). 



This type, from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, was described 

 by Leckenby 3 as Cycadites zamioides and subsequently transferred 



FIG. 802. Elatacladus plana. (Specimens figured by Feistmantel 



as Taxites planus ; nat. size.) 



to Taxites*. The type-specimen, in the Sedgwick Museum, Cam- 

 bridge, consists of a slender axis bearing two-ranked spirally 



1 Halle (13 2 ) p. 86, PI. vni. 2 Stirling (00) PL m. figs. 8, 9. 



3 Leckenby (64) A. p. 77, PL vm. fig. 1. 



4 Seward (00) B. p. 300, PL x. fig. 5. 



