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[See Geological Record for 1874, p. 334, and for 1875, 

 p. 336.] 

 Continues with the Sic/illarice and their distribution in Bohemia, 

 Silesia, &c. ; 20 species are noted, excluding synonyms ; under S. tes- 

 selata are included 6 other species of Brongniart, one of Corda, and 

 Stigmaria conferta (Corda). Of Sir/illariostrohiis 4 species are cited : 

 the first cone is not interpreted in the usual way, but the macrospores 

 [Schimper, &c.] are held to be sporangia, Gceppert's Carpolithes coni- 

 formis being the same detached ; the characteristics of this cone are 

 thus given — " surface of the bracts beset all over with sporangia ; " 

 that of Lepidostrohus — " each bract has a single oblong sporangium." 

 Stigmaria is not accepted as the root of Sigillaria. In an appendix 

 arc notes on various families. Noeggerathiostrobus hohemicus, a gym- 

 nosperm cone, is accounted the fruit of Nceggeraihia foliosa ; these 

 fossils occur in the same bed at Badnitz and Eakonitz. Remains of 

 Antholithes, since they occur in the same bed with Cordaites horassi- 

 folia, arc held to be its inflorescence ; thus A. Pitcairnice is renamed 

 Cordaitanthus communis. Araumrites (Araticarioxylon) ScJirollianus 

 occurs in red Permian sandstones in Bohemia. Among ferns, 27 species 

 of Sphenopieris, 5 of Hgmenophyllites, 5 oi Schizopteins, 13 oiNeiiropteris, 

 5 of Cydopteris^ including Adiantites^ &c., occur in Bohemia ; only a 

 few are here figured and described. A list of fossils in each locality, 

 alphabetically arranged, closes the memoir. E. B. T. 



Feistmantel, Dr. 0. Pala?ontologia Indica. Series xi. 1. Jurassic 

 (Oolitic) Flora of Kach. Mem. Geol. Snrv. Ind. Pp. 80; 12 

 plates. 

 Consists of : — 1. General table of the plants from the Jurassic strata 

 of Kach. 2. Description of the plants. 3. Comparative table of the 

 plants from Kach, and of allied foims in other Indian formations and 

 in foreign countries. 4. Ihe fossil localities in Kach, enumeration of 

 the fossils found at each, and their comparison with the whole. 5. The 

 flora of each locality in Kach systematically discussed and compared 

 with the distribution of the same genera in other strata. 6. General 

 considerations about the flora from Kach. 7. Comparison of the flora 

 of Kach with that of the Rajmahal group, both formerly supposed of 

 the same age. 8. Explanation of some fossil plants previously described 

 from Kach. 9. Comparison of the fossil flora of Kach with European 

 Oolitic floras. 10. Summary of results. The author considers these 

 plants to be of L. Oolite age, as 8 forms are identical with the L. Oolite 

 flora of Scarborough. In the appendix a few specimens are described 

 from Nurha which come from a lower horizon. Among the figures and 

 descriptions are noticed 12 new species, besides 3 varieties of Ptilo- 

 phyllum cutchense, Morris (see Index of Species). The plants are ferns, 

 Cycadacca), and Conifera). R. B. N. 



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