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is not specifically distinct from S. elongata. The former is very 
distantly and sparingly branched. 
Localities.—TasMAnta — New Town, Richmond, Spring Hill, 
Jerusalem, York Plains, Spring Bay, Mt. Nicholas (?). QUEENSLAND 
—Tivoli mines. 
References.—Carruthers, Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc., 1872, XXVIIT., 
p. 355, t. 27, f. 1; Tenison-Woods, Proc. Lin. Soc., N.S. Wales, 
1883, Vol. VIII. pt. 1, p. 92; R. Etheridge, jun., Cat. Aust. 
Fossils, 1878, p. 99. 
SPHENOPTERIS HASTATA (M‘Coy). 
Sp. Char.—Bipinnate ; pinne long, acutely lanceolate, with 
a broad alate margin ; pinnules elliptical, obscurely 
undulato-dentate, having obsolete lobes on each side ; nerves 
bipinnate, two branches reaching each Jobe of the margin. 
Localities.—_TAasMANtA— Upper Coal Measures (Mesozoic), New 
Town (?). N.S. WaLes—Mulimbimba. 
References.—M ‘Coy, Annals Nat. Hist., 1847, XX., p. 149, t. 10, 
f.1; ibid, Proc. Roy. Soc., V.D Land, 1851, I. pp. 306-307, t. 10 
f.1; Schimper, Traité de Pal. Vég., 1869, I. p. 410; Tenison- 
Woods, Proc. Lin. Soc., N.S. Wales, Vol. VIII, pt. I, p. 90; 
R. Etheridge, jun., Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 100. 
SPHENOPTERIS GERMANUS (M‘Coy). 
Bipinnate ; pinne oblique, alternate elongate, ovate, with 
@ narrow membranous margin; pinnules oval, deeply 
pinnatifid ; lobes very oblique, elliptical, generally three on 
each side, and the apex of the pinnules three lobed ; nerves 
bipinnate, three branches reaching the margin of zach lobe. 
Localities —TAasMAntTA (2). N.S. Wates—Mulimbimba. 
References.—M‘Coy, Annals Nat. Hist., 1847, XX., p. 150, t. 10, 
f.2; ibid, Proc. R. Soc., V.D. Land, 1851, I, p. 307 ; Schimper, 
Traité de Pal. Vée., 1869, L, p. 411 ; Tenison-Woods, Proce. Lin. 
Soc., N.S. Wales, 1883, Vol. VIIL, pt. 1, p. 91 ; R. Etheridge, jun., 
Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 100. 
SPHENOPTERIS PLUMOSA (M‘Coy). 
Sp. Char. — Bipinnate ; pinne curved, elongate, narrow, 
plumose, with a scarcely alate margin to the rachis; pinnules 
close, oblique, ovate, pointed, deeply cleft into about four 
oblique mucronate lobes on each side, exclusive of the largely 
trilobed apex ; nerves strong, much branched, so that about 
six branches reach the margin of each of the lobes of the 
lower side, and seven to each of those of the upper margin. 
Localities. — TAsmMANIA — New Town (%). N.S. Wates— 
Mulimbimba. Vicrorra—Wild Dog Creek, Apollo Bay. 
References.—M‘Coy, Annals Nat. Hist., 1847, XX., p. 150, t. 1 ,. 
ftp. Proc. KR. Soc, V.l. Wand, 1851; 1., p: 307, t: 10, £34 
Schimper, Traité de Pal. Vég., 1869, I., p. 411 ; Tenison-Woods, 
Proc. Lin. Soc., N.S. Wales, 1883, Vol. VIII, pt. 1, p. 91; R. 
Etheridge, jun., Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 100. 
