£4 ball: geology of the bajmehal hills. 



The following plant fossils were obtained in the Talchir rocks of the 

 Rajmehal (Danian-i-Koh) and adjoining Birbhum areas : — 



Filices. 

 Cyclopteris* spJ — A very large form with very numerous veins 

 anastomosing in every part of the frond. Indeed, . the leaf only, differs 

 from Glossopteris in the absence of any midrib. 



EQUISETACE.E. 



Phyllotheca sp. — A peculiar form with but few ribs. A small piece 

 of a Phyllotheca from the same beds in Talchir appears to be identical. f 



* This has recently been described as Gangamopteris cyclopteroides, Fstm. Vide 

 Becords, Geological Survey, Vol. IX, pt. 3, p, 78. 

 f W. T. Blanford, MSS. 



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