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the same plane; surface smooth or longitudinally sulcated ; 
articulations surrounded by sheaths, the free edge of which 
terminates in long narrow leaves, having a more or less dis- 
tinct midrib. Inflorescence arranged in whorls near the 
extremity of certain branches. 
PuytiorHeca AvsTRALIS (Br.) 
Stem simple, smooth, or slightly striated; sheaths tight, 
shorter than the internodes, terminated by narrow leaves, 
double the length of the sheaths, without distinct midrib. 
Localities — TASMANIA— Upper Coal Measures (Mesozoic). 
Jerusalem, Constitution Hill, Spring Bay, Gravelly Beach, 
Tamar(?) York Plains. N.S. Wates—Anvil Creek, Newcastle, 
Clarke’s Hill, Wianamatta. Victorta—Cape Paterson. 
References.— Brongniart Prodrome, 1828, p. 152; Morris, 
Strezelecki’s Phys. Descrip. N.S.W. and V.D. Land, 1845; Lindley 
and Hutton, Foss. Flora, 1833—35 II. p. 89 ; M’Coy, Annals, Nat. 
Hist., 1847, XX., p. 196 ; Ibid, Proc., Roy. Soc. V. D. Land, p. 312; 
Schimper, T'raité Pal. Veg., 1869, I., p. 289 ; Tenison Woods. Proc. 
Lin. Soe. N. 8. Wales, 1883, vol. VIIL, pt. 1, p. 69-73; R. Etheridge, 
Jun., Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 98. 
PHYLLOTHECA RAMOSA (M’Coy). 
Stem branched, smooth, or slightly striated ; sheaths half 
the length of the internodes ; leaves thin, linear, flat, twice to 
three times the length of the sheath, with a very fine indis- 
tinct midrib. 
Localities. —T AsMAN1tA-—Upper Coal Measures (Mesozoic), Rich- 
mond, ‘Spring Bay, York Plains, Jerusalem. N.S. WaLes— 
Mulimbimba. 
References.—M’Coy Annals Nat. Hist, 1847., XX., p. 156, t. 11, 
figs 2 and 3 ; ibid Proc. R. Soc. V.D. Land, 1851, I., p. 312, t. 11, 
figs 2 and 3; Schimper Traite de Pal. Veg., 1869, I, p. 289; 
Tenison-Woods Proc. Lin. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1883, vol. VIIL, pt. 1, 
p. 72-73 ; R. Etheridge, jun., Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 99. 
PuytuorHEeca Hooxerr (M‘Coy). 
Sp. Char.—Stem simple, coarsely sulcated and ridged 
longitudinally ; sheaths very large, loose, subinfundibuliform, 
each sheath extending from one articulation to the next, so as 
to conceal the stem; leaves about twice the length of the 
‘sheaths, thick, narrow, and with a strong prominent midrib. 
Localities —TaAsMANIA—Upper Coal Measures (Mesozoic), New 
"Town, Richmond, Jerusalem, Longford, York Plains, Constitution 
Hill, Impression Bay, Hamilton. N. 8. Wares—Mulimbimba, 
Clark’s Hill, Arowa. 
References—M‘Coy, Annals Nat. Hist., 1847, XX., p. 157, t. IL 
figs. 4-7 ; ibid, Proc. R. Soc., V.D. Land, 1851, p. 313 ; Schimper, 
Traite Pal. Veg., 1, 1869, 1, p. 289 ; Tenison-Woods, Proc. Lin. 
Soc., N.S. Wales, 1883. Vol. VIIL, pt. 1, p. 72-74; R. Etheridge, 
jun., Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 99. 
