616 DAVID WHITE 
The stratigraphical series in the coal basins of the state of Santa 
Catharina as published by Dr. I. C. White, late chief of the commis- 
sion, is essentially as follows :? 
Santa Catharina System: 
Serra Geral eruptives. 
Botucatt: sandstones, great cliffs of red, gray, and cream- 
Sao Bento Series: colored sandstones. 
Rio do Pasto red beds, with fossil reptiles (Scaphonyx and 
Erythrosuchus) and fossil trees. 
Rocinha limestone. 
Estrada Nova gray and variegated shales with cherty con- 
cretions, and sandy beds. 
Iraty black shale, Mesosaurus and Stereosternum. 
Passa Dois Series: 
Palermo shales. 
Rio Bonito shales and sandstones, with coal measures and 
Tubarao Series: Gangamopteris (Glossopteris) flora. 
Orleans conglomerate. [Glacial] 
. #4) )> \ Yellow sandstones and shales to granite floor. 
SYNOPSIS OF THE PALEOBOTANICAL DATA 
On the side of the fossil plants it will be possible to give in this 
place only an enumeration of the species, with references to their 
stratigraphical position in Brazil. For the descriptions and other 
taxonomic data relating to the species the reader is referred to the 
report of the commission. In the following list? the species charac- 
teristic of the Gondwana series in other continents are marked by an 
asterisk (*), those clearly representing Gondwana types but com- 
prising forms previously unknown are designated by the double 
asterisk (***), those generally regarded as proper to the Permo- 
Carboniferous of the Northern Hemisphere by a dagger (+), while 
those of mixed distribution or of unascertained geographical signifi- 
cance are indicated by the double dagger (+7). 
Rosellinites Gangamopteridis D. W.**; Hysterites brasiliensis D. W.***; 
Equisetites calamitinoides D. W.t+; Schizoneura ? sp.**; Phyllotheca Griesbachi 
t Science, Vol. XXIV, No. 612, 1906, p. 377. 
2 Reinshia australis Bertr. & Ren. var. brasiliensis, which is included in the de- 
scriptive memoir, is here omitted, since from evidence kindly communicated by Dr. 
Derby it appears probable that the specimens in the Brazilian Exhibit at the St. Louis 
Exposition were first brought to Brazil from Australia. 
