TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION C. 699 



CoNiFERiE. — Palissya, 2 sp. ; Cunninghamites, 1 ; Chirolepis, 2 ; Araucarites, 1 ; 



Echinostrobus, 1. 

 CycadeacE-E. — Pterophyllum, 9; Ptilophyllum, 1; Otozamites, 3; Zamites, 1 ; 



Dictyozamites, 1 ; Cycadites, 2 ; Williamsonia, 2 ; Cycadinocarpus, 1. 

 Filices. — Eremop>teris, 2 ; Davallioides, 1 ; Dicksonia, 1 ; Hymenophyllit.es, 1 ; 



Cylopteris, 1 ; Thinnfeldia, 1 ; Gleichenia, 1 ; Alethopteris, 1 ; Asplenites, I ; 



Pecopteris, 1 ; Macrotaniopteris, 4t ; Angiopteridium, 3 ; Danceopsis, 1 ; 



Phizomopteris, 1. 

 Equisetace.e. — Equisetum, 1. 



The marked change from the lower Gondwana floras is visible at a glance ; not 

 a single species is common to both, most of the genera are distinct, and the 

 difference is even greater when the commonest plants are compared. In the lower 

 Gondwanas the prevalent forms are Equisetacece and ferns of the Glossopteris type, 

 whilst in the Rajmahal flora cycads are by far more abundant than any other 

 plants. The whole assemblage, moreover, is more nearly allied than are any of 

 those in the lower Gondwana beds to European Mesozoic floras. 



Of the Rajmahal plants ' about fifteen are allied to Rhsetic European forms, 

 three to Liassic or Lower Jurassic (two of these having also Rha3tic afnnities), and 

 six to Middle Jurassic (two having Rhsetic relations as well). The flora must there- 

 fore as a whole on purely palseontological grounds be classed as Rhsetic. 



Kota-Maleri. — The deposits belonging to this series are found in the Godavari 

 valley at a considerable distance from the Rajmahal hills in Bengal, the locality 

 for the Rajmahal flora. Both Rajmahal and Kota-Maleri beds overlie rocks of 

 the Damuda series. It is not quite clear whether the Kota beds, which contain 

 fish, insects, and crustaceans, and the Maleri beds, in which remains of fish, 

 reptiles, and plants are found, are iuterstratified, or whether the Kota beds overlie 

 those of Maleri. That the two are closely connected is generally admitted. 



From the Maleri beds the following remains have been recorded : — 



ANIMALS. 



Reptilia. — Hyperodapedon, 1 ; Pm-asuchus, 1. 

 Pisces. — Ceratodus, 3. 



PLANTS. 



Conifers. — Palissya, 2 ; Cliirolepis, 1 ; Araucarites, 1. 

 Cycadeaceje. — Ptilophyllum, 1 ; Cycadites, 1. 

 Filices. — Angiopteridium, 1. 



From the Kota fresh-water limestone 9 species of ganoid fish — viz. 5 of 

 Lepidotus, 3 of Tetragonolepis, and 1 of Dapedius — have been described. An 

 Estheria, a Candona, and some insects have also been found. The fish - are Liassic 

 forms. 



The reptilia of the Maleri beds are, on the other hand, Triassic, 3 and closely 

 allied to Keuper forms. Ceratodus is chiefly Triassic (Keuper and Rhsetic). The 

 plants show relations with both the Rajmahal and Jabalpur floras, and, as the 

 palseontological relations to beds in the same country are considered far higher in 

 importance than those to deposits in distant regions, the Kota-Maleri beds are 

 classed as intermediate between the Rajmahal and Jabalpur epochs. 



Cutch and Ja&a//>w?\— Jabalpur beds are found in Central India to the south 

 of the Nerbudda valley, and form the highest true Gondwana beds. The Cutch 

 beds, as already mentioned, are found interstratified with marine deposits of 



1 Feistmantel, Pal. Tnd. ser. ii. pp. 143, 187 ; Manual Geol. Ind. p. 145. 

 • Pal. Ind. ser. iv. pt. 2. 



3 0. J. G. S. 1869, pp. 138, 152, &c. ; 1875, p. 427 ; Pal. Ind. ser. iv. pt. 2 ; Man. 

 Gaol. Ind. p. 151. 



