THE 
GHOLOGICAL MAGAZINE. 
NEW: "SERIES. DECADE V. VOLE. IV. 
No. XI.— NOVEMBER, 1907. 
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I.—Nores ox Fosstzr Prants From Soutn AFRICA. 
By A. C. Srwarp, F.R.S., Professor of Botany, Cambridge. 
(PLATES XX AND XXI.) 
HE specimens described in these notes form part of a collection 
sent to me for examination from the South African Museum, 
Cape Town ; they include the following species :— 
Phyllotheca Whaitsi, sp. nov. Uitenhage Series’ (Wealden). 
EPOX, His. 1; 
Osmundites Kolber, sp.nov. Uitenhage Series(Wealden). Pls. XX, 
XXI, Figs. 2-5. 
Glossopteris indica, Schimp. = Rubidgea Mackayi, Tate. Permo- 
Carboniferous. 
Lepidodendron australe, M’Coy. Lower Karroo (? Lower Carboni- 
ferous). Pl. X XI, Figs. 6-8. 
Bucklandia sp., cf. B. anomala, Carr. Uitenhage Series. Pl. XXI, 
Fig. 9. 
Phyllotheca Whaitsi, sp.nov. (Pl. XX, Fig. 1.) 
The specimen represented in Fig. 1 was found by Mr. J. A. Whaits 
at Prince Albert in shale lying between the Witteberg Series and the 
Dwyka conglomerate : it consists of a single whorl of leaves of which 
the longest has a length of 4:5 cm. and a breadth of 3mm. The linear 
segments converge towards a narrow axis about 5mm. in diameter; 
they show faint indications of a midrib and have acuminate apices. 
In spite of the fact that Fig. 1 represents the only example so far 
discovered I propose, for the sake of convenience, to describe it under 
a new name, thus placing on record Mr. Whaits’s contribution to our 
knowledge of a flora the discovery of additional records of which 
would be of exceptional interest. It must, however, be admitted that 
the specimen for which the generic title Phyllotheca is chosen hardly 
affords satisfactory evidence as to its affinity. 
1 For an account of the Uitenhage flora see Annals South African Museum, 
yol. iv, 1903. 
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