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Kidston, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. vol. xxx. p. 537, pi. xxx. fig. 2, pi. xxxi. 

 tigs. 7-8. 



Lindley & Hutton, Foss. Flora, vol. iii. pi. ccxii. 



Sternberg, Vers. ii. p. 130. 

 Sphenopleris obovata. 



Lindley & Hutton, Foss. Flora, vol. ii. pi. cix. 

 Cydopteris obovata. 



Sternberg, Vers. ii. p. 134. 



Adiantites microphyllus. 



Goppert, Syst. Fil. Foss. p. 228. 



Remarks. The specimen illustrated under the name of Sphenopteris obovata, 

 by Lindley & Hutton (Fossil Flora, pi. cix.) is identical with their Sphenop- 

 teris excelsa. 



I have carefully examined the type of S. obovata, which is preserved in the 

 " Hutton Collection," Newcastle-on-Tyne, and have no doubt as to its specific 

 identity with S. excelsa. 



" Newcastle Coalfield " is the locality given for Sphenopteris obovata, but 

 from the matrix on which the plant is preserved, 1 believe it really comes 

 from the Calciferous Sandstone Series of Granton, Midlothian, where S. excelsa 

 occurs. Mr. Howse, the Curator of the Newcastle Museum, further informed 

 me that from the character of the matrix he did not thing the fossil came 

 from the Newcastle Coalfield. This view is strengthened by the fact that the 

 specimen was communicated by T. Allan, Esq., of Edinburgh. 



Horizon. Cement Stone Group, Calciferous Sandstone Series. 



Locality. British. Dumfriesshire : Glencartholm, Eskdale. 



Sphenopteris Haidingeri, Ettingshausen. 



Sphenopteris Haidingeri. 



Boulay, Terr. Houil. du Nord de la France, p. 74. 



Ettingshausen, Steinkf. v. Stradonitz, p. 13, pi. ii. figs. 1-3, pi. iii. fig. 4. 



Heer, Flora Foss. Helv. lief. i. p. 15, pi. i. fig. 7. 



Schimper, Traite d. Paleont. Veget. vol. i. p. 382. 

 Horizon. Upper Coal Measures. 

 Locality. Foreign. Moravia : Rossitz. 



Sphenopteris palmata, Schimper. 



Sphenopteris palmata. 



Schimper, Traite d. Paleont. Veget. vol. i. p. 388, pi. xxviii. fig. 1. 



? Sphenopteris elegans. 



Ettiugshausen, Steinkf. v. Radnitz, p. 36, pi. xv. fig. 1, and pi. xxi. fig. 1. 



Remarks. The specimen here included is similar to those described as 

 Sphenopteris elegans by Ettingshausen. 



Horizon. Coal Measures. 



Locality. Foreign. Bohemia : Radnitz. 



Sphenopteris Bronnii, Gutbier. 

 Sphenopteris Bronnii. 



Boulay, Terr. Houil. dn Nord de la France, p. 27 (excl. syn.). 



Bronn, Index Palaeont. p. 1167. 



Geinitz, Vers. d. Steinkf. in Sachsen, p. 16, pi. xxiii. figs. 15-16 (ayu. 



in part). 



Gaea v. Sachsen, p. 75. 

 Giebel, Deutschl. Petrefacten, p. 43. 



Gutbier, Vers. d. Zwick. Schwarzk. p. 37, pi. iv. fig. 11, pi. v. figs. 1-2. 

 Schimper, Traite d. Paleont, Veget. vol. i. p. 384 (syn. in part). 



