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GLossorreRIs Brownian, Var. PRECURSOR (Feistmantel). 
Leaves small, long, spathulate ; costa distinct, fading away 
towards the apex; veins emerging at an acute angle, curved, 
forked, anastomosing, forming asub-equal elongate, poly gonal 
network. 
Localities --N.S8. WALES—Stony Creek. 
__ References.—Tenison-Woods, Proc. Lin. Soc., N.S. Wales, 1883, 
Vol. VIII, pt. 1, p. 126. 
GLOSSOPTERIS LINEARIS (M‘Coy). 
Leaves very long, narrow, with nearly parallel sides; midrib 
very large; secondary veins fine, forming an angle of about 
50deg. with the midrib, anastomising occasionally from the 
midrib to the margin. 
Localities.— TasMANtA — Mount Nicholas (Killymoon Coal 
Seam ?). N.S. WaLtes—Woollongong, Arowa. 
References.—M’Coy, Annals Nat. Hist., 1847, XX., p. 151, t.9, 
£.5; ibid, Proc. R. Soc. V.D. Land, 1851,I., p. 308, t. 9, f. 5; R. 
Etheridge, jun., Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 97; Tenison-Woods 
Proc. Lin. Soc. N.S. Wales, 1883, vol. VIIL, p. 123. 
GLOSSOPTERIS AMPLA (Dana). 
Frond very large, widely ovate, entire, undulating, obtusely 
acuminate ; costa thick, extending to the apex; veins ex- 
tremely fine and close, leaving long, narrow _reticulations, 
which are longest towards the margin. 
Localities —TasMAntA—Porter’s Hill, Hobart (2). Mersey (4). 
N.S. WaLtes—Newcastle, [lawara. 
References.—Dana, Geol. U.S. Expl. Expd., 717, Atlas, t. 13, f. 1; 
‘Tenison-Woods, Proc. Lin. Soc., N.S. Wales, 1883, vol. VIII. pt. 1, 
p. 124 ; R. Etheridge, jun., Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 976. 
GLOSSOPTERIS RETICULATA (Dana). 
Frond large, oblong-elliptical, the width not exceeding 
a third part of the length, gradually attenuate towards the 
‘apex; veins broadly reticulate to the margin. Considered to 
be a variety of G. ampla by Feistmantel. 
Localities N.S. WaALEsS— Newcastle, [lawara (Rare). 
References.—Dana, Geol. U.S., Expl. Expd., p. 717, Atlas, t. 13, 
f.1 ; Tenison-Woods, Proc. Lin. Soc., N.S. Wales, 1883, vol. VIIL, 
‘pt. 1, p. 124; R. Etheridge, jun., Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 976. 
GLOSSOPTERIS ELONGATA (Dana). 
Frond narrowly elongate, lanceolate, attenuate at the base; 
-costa somewhat thick, distinct; veins neatly reticulate. 
‘Considered to be a variety of G. ampla by Feistmantel. 
Localities.—N.S. W aLEs—Newcastle. 
References—Dana, Geol. U.S. Expl. Expd., p. 718, Atlas, t. 13, 
f. 5; Tenison-Woods, Proc. Lin. Soc., N.S. Wales, 1883, vol. VIIL., 
‘pt. 1, p. 124; R. Etheridge, jun., Cat. Aust. Fossils, 1878, p. 96. 
