138 Mr Seward, Notes on the Binney Collection 



Lbpidophloios puliginosus (Williamson)*. 

 [Proc. Roy. Soc, Vol. xlii., p. 6, 1887.] 



1871. Lepidodendron Harcourtii, Binney, Palaeont. Soc, p. 48. PL 



vil, fig. 6. 



1872. L. Harcourtii, Binney, Palaeont. Soc, pp. 77 — 80. Pis. xiii. 



and XIV. 

 Halonia regularis, ibid., p. 89. PL xv., figs. 1 — 4. 

 Lepidodendron, Williamson, Phil. Trans., Vol. 162, p. 205. 



Pis. xxv. and xxvi. 



1880. Lepidophloios fuliginosus, Cash and Lomax, Brit. Assoc. Report 



(Leeds), p. 810. 



1881. Lepidodendron Harcourtii, Williamson, Phil. Trans., Vol. 172, 



p. 288. Pis. xlix. — lii. 

 1891. Lepidodendron Williamsoni, Solms-Laubacli, Fossil Botany, 

 p. 226. 

 L. Harcourtii (pars), ibid., p. 226. 

 L. fuliginosum, Bertrand, Trav. Mem. Lille, p. 14. 

 1893. L. fuliginosum, Williamson, Phil. Trans., Vol. 184, p. 18. 

 PL il, fig. 25. 

 Lepidophloios fuliginosus, Kidston, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin- 

 burgh, Vol. 38, p. 548. 

 Lepidodendron fuliginosum, Williamson, Mem. Proc. Lit. 

 Phil. Soc. Manchester, Vol. 7 [4], p. 13. 

 1895. L. fuliginosum, ibid., Vol. 9, p. 49. 



In the third part of the series of " Observations on the structure 

 of fossil plants found in the Carboniferous strata," published by the 

 Palaeontographical Society in 1872 1 , Binney describes a number of 

 specimens from his own cabinet and from that of Mr J. S. Dawes 

 which " afford some additional information on the genus Lepido- 

 dendron"; these specimens are included under three species: Lepido- 

 dendron Harcourtii Witham, Sigillaria vascidaris Binney, and 

 Halonia regularis Lindley and Hutton. We will for the present 

 confine our attention to four specimens described by Binney as 

 Lepidodendron Harcourtii and Halonia regularis, but which I 

 regard as specifically identical 2 , and conforming to the type of 

 structure characteristic of Lepidophloios fuliginosus (Will.). These 

 four specimens, included by Binney under the numbers 18 s , 31 and 

 34, were obtained from Mr Dawes, who found them in the Clay- 



* The brackets enclosing the Author's name indicate that Williamson is re- 

 sponsible for the specific but not for the generic designation. Vide Seward (98) p. 111. 



1 Binney (72). [The numbers in brackets after the author's name refer to the 

 date of publication of the memoir cited (e. g. 12 — 1872), as given in the bibliography.] 



2 Bertrand (91), p. 15, also regards Binney's specimens as identical. 



3 Binney (71), p. 48. 



