498 J. Starkie Gardner — Fossil Flowering Plants. 



interest. These belong, excluding Cycads, chiefly to the newest 

 section of the Coniferas, the Pine family. We are able to make the 

 following contribution to our knowledge of these : 



Pinites Andrcei, Coemans. ' Flore fossile du Terrain Cretace du 

 Hainault,' 1866, p. 13, pi. v. fig. 1. Gault, Folkestone. 



This specimen measures 5 centimetres in length and nearly 3 c. in 

 breadth, though something should be perhaps deducted for the com- 

 pression undergone. When perfect, it was probably composed of 

 50 to 60 imbricated leathery scales, about half that number being 

 visible on the exposed face. The substance of the scale seems to 

 have been considerable, though the edges are thin ; they are smooth 

 even without strise, and with the upper margin round to obtusely 

 pointed. They are apparently variable in size. 



The cone is of the same general type as P. Andrcei, Coem., from 

 the Gault of La Louviere, Hainault, though somewhat shorter, more 

 oval, and with thinner and rounder scales. The form and general 

 consistence of the scales, as well as their size, the number composing 

 each whorl, and their disposition are, however, so similar that we 

 think it better, in the case of so imperfect a specimen, to unite it 

 rather than claim specific rank on account of distinctions that might 

 largely disappear with more perfect specimens. If the assimilation 

 is correct, the apex of the cone, as well as the base, would have been 

 somewhat pointed. The cones are most abundant at La Louviere, 

 more than 100 specimens having been collected ; and they are stated 

 to have been frequently curved and highly resinous. The specimen 

 from Folkestone was found by us, being unique from that locality, 

 and is now in the British Museum. 



Pinites Valdensis, sp. nov., Wealden, Brook Point, Isle of Wight. 



This fragment shows the presence in the Wealden flora of a Pine 

 of the section Strobus with a cone composed of scales as numerous 

 and thin as in any recent species. The cone was long, cylindrical, 

 and tapering; the scales very numerous, permanent, imbricated, 

 leathery, pointed, and lightly thickened at the apex, with entire 

 margin, striated, and slightly keeled. It somewhat resembles 

 P. DunJceri, Carr., also of the Wealden, but is probably a distinct 

 species. One specimen is in the York Museum, and another, in 

 which all the scales are mutilated, is in the Woodwardian Museum. 

 Both these, with several others, are from the Wealden of Brook, so 

 that it appears to be by no means rare there. It, is associated with 

 Cycadostrobus elegans, Carr. 1 



Pinites Carruther si, sp. nov. Wealden, Brook Point, Isle of Wight. 



The fragment represents another long cylindrical cone with 

 very numerous persistent leather}' imbricated scales. It tapers like 

 the one last described towards the base, the scales being much 

 thicker, though thin at the edge, smooth, without keel, and with 

 entire rounded margins. It resembles the Gault species P. Andrcei 

 in texture, but there were at least twice as many scales in each 

 whorl, and these are much more imbricated. It also is quite distinct 

 from P. Dunkeri, Carr. 



1 Journ. of Bot. vol. iv. pi. lvii. fig. 9. 



