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,^„^ THE CANADIAN NATURALIST. , , ,^„ [Vol. vl. 



FOSSILS FROM GKEAT BELL ISLAND. , . 



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Genus Eophyton, TorelL 



Fio. 1. Eophyton LinmeanuTii? Torell. Part of a slab of sandstone 

 with KC'vcral fraf^mcnts supposed to be of this species. 



The only specini'^n T have access to at present, is a slab of 

 sandstone, about 15 inclies in lenirth and 12 inches wide, on the 

 suHace of which thoio are about thirty stems oi' the fossil. Most 

 oi' these lie across the stone in a direction nearly parallel to each 

 other. They appear to have been, when perfect, slender, cylin- 

 drical, straijj;ht, recd-like plants, about three lines in diameter, 

 with the surface longitudinally striated ; four striju upon an 

 avera»re in the width of one linw. Some of the stems, which 

 have been partially flattened by pressure, are coarsely jj,Toovcd or 

 fluted ; but when the surface of such is perfect, the fine striae can 

 always be seen on the large ridges and in the furrows between 

 them. AVhen pr^ sed quite flat some of the stems only exhibit 

 the tine strije. I caimot see that any of the stems are branched. 

 One of them, which is pressed flat, is bifurcated, but I think 

 this due to the pressure, whicli has split the stem into two por- 

 tions. 



I refer this species as above, because it is im])ossible to distin- 

 guish it from some of the figures of the Swedish form. As it 

 occurs above the P<irii(h)xi(fes hcxh, while the Swedish specimens, 

 have as yet, only been found below, it is most probably a dis- 

 tinct species. 



Koi'iiYTON JuKEsi, spec. nov, 



lu this species the stems are nine lines in diameter, cylindri- 

 cal, straight or slightly flexuous. They are longitudinally stria- 

 ted, but the surface of the specimens examined, are not suiSi- 



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