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much as 6 per cent, of it. In the red clays at Maldgarh hill, it occurs 

 in botryoidal masses which furnished as much as 44*6 per cent, of oxide 

 of manganese .* 



The Kamthis have yielded to Mr. Hislop's researches in the "Wardha 



field, a Labyrinthodont reptile {Brachyops lati- 

 Organic remains. 



ceps, Owen), scales and jaws of fish, Estheria and 



vegetable remains. To the Survey they have surrendered EsiJierim and 



plants. The former are the ordinary {Estheria mangaliensis, Jones). 



The latter, determined by Dr. Feistmantel, as — 



" From Isapur — 



1. Glossopteris Indica. Schimp. (Glossopteris Browniana ,var. 



Inclica, Bgt.) . Some are very nice and large specimens, 

 similar to those known from the neighbourhood of Nagpur. 



2. Glossopteris Browniana, Bgt. {Glossopteris Browniana, var. 



Australasica, Bgt.). Some are distinguished by the smaller 

 size and the more obtuse apex of the leaf, but they all 

 belong to this species. 



3. Glossopteris comp. musaefolia, Bunb. A fragment of a very 



broad leaf, with very narrow reticulation, as in Bunbury's 

 species. 



" From Charwat — 



1. Actinopt'eris sp. Some round, radially striated, remains; re- 

 minding one at once of the fossils which were first de- 

 scribed as Cyclopteris peltata, Gopp, but later by Schenk as 

 Actinopteris peltata, Schenk, from the Rhastic strata in 

 Bavaria. Schimper is inclined to consider these fossils as 

 impregnations of hydrated peroxide of iron. Be this so 

 or not, the constancy of their occurrence in the Rhsetic beds 

 is remarkable. 



* Records, Geological Survey of India, 1874, vol. VII, part 3, page 125. 



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