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Heer's plant was not Brachyphyllum, but one resembling it, and tliat the 

 specimen was too imperfect to decide the matter. At the entrance of 

 Trent's Reach a number of specimens of well-preserved cones are found 

 with the tsviys of DrachyphijUum. These agree closely witli those assigned 

 by Saporta to Braclti/pJiyUitm, and will be described further on. On the 

 whole, the evidence seems to indicate tliat Saporta's description of the cones 

 of this genus is the more nearly correct one. 



BrachyphifJhuu crassicaule is a good deal like />. Morcaunmon, Brongn., 

 at least in some of its forms. (See Pal. Franc^aise, Vc'gx'taux, vol. 3, PI. 

 CLXVI, Fig. 1; PI. CLXVII, Fig. 1.) 



Brachyphyllum pakceramosum, sp. nov. 



Plate ex, Fig. 4. 



Twigs branching sparingly and dichotomously ; leaves and leaf-scars 

 elliptical to subrhombic, with the longer dimensions in the direction of the 

 length of the twigs; leaves convex, spirally arranged, showing a keel in 

 their upp.er portions, closely appressed, contiguous, prolonged very slightly 

 at the tips, branches cylindrical, of the same thickness throughout ; so far 

 ab can be seen about 4°"" in diameter. 



Locality: Near Telegraph Station. 



This plant, found sparingly near Telegraph Station, differs from B. 

 crnssicauh' in the comparatively slender, strictly cylindrical branches, 

 which show no tapering, subdivide very rarely, and then in a dichotomous 

 manner, and also in the regular shape of the leaves. In its general as})ect 

 this fossil is a good deal like Cyparisskl'mm. It is also a good deal like 

 some of the forms of Brachyphyllum gracile. (See Pal. Fran(;aise, Vcgctaux, 

 vol. ;{, PI. CLXVIII, Fig. 2; PI. CLXX, Figs. 4, 5.) 



Brachyphyllum, sp. ? (Cone.) 



Plate CXXXV, l-ig. 8. 



Cone broadly oblong, widest near the top, length 20"'"', maximum 

 width 15""", attached to the summit of a short branch, narrowed slightly 

 and gradually toward the base, showing at the summit a slight nipple or 

 bo.ss-like projection ; scales numerous, spirally arranged, closely appressed, 



