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and subsequently described by him in the Palseontologia Indica, 1 from 

 which the following list of fossils is extracted : — 



Filices. 



1. Alethopteris indica, O. M. 



2. Pecopferis macrocarpa, O. M. 



3. Angiopteridium ensis, Schimp. 



4. Angiopteridium spathulatum, Schimp. 



CYCADEACEM 



a. Zamim. 



5. Ptilophyllum acutifolium, Morr. 



6. Ditto cutchense, Morr. 



7. Dictyozamites indicus, Fstru. 



8. Pterop7iyllum morrisianum, Oldh. 



9. Ditto carterianum, Oldh. 



10. Ditto Jcingianum, . Fstm. 



11. Ditto distans, Mori*. 



12. Williamsonia gigas, Can*. 



Conifers. 



13. Palissya conferta, 0. M. sp. 



14. Ditto indica, O. M. sp. 



15. Cheirolepis comp. munsteri, Schimp. 



16. Araucarites macropterus, Fstm. 



With regard to this flora,, Feistmantel says : " Taking the flora of the 

 Rajmahal group in the Rajmahal hills as it has been partly described by 

 Messrs. Oldham and Morris, and lately concluded by myself {Pal. Indica, 

 1876, eontin., PL 36-48, pp. 53-110) as typical of that group, we find 

 the flora of Gollapili to be a pure representative of it on the south-east- 

 ern coast of India. - " 



" This local flora contains *" * * most of the typical Rajmaha 

 plants, the manner of preservation only being different. "While in the 

 Rajmahal hills, the rock containing the fossils is almost thronghou 

 .of very hard consistence, and mostly of pale colour, the plants nea 



1 Flora of the Gondwana System, Vol. I, p. 163 et seq. 



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