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* Sphenopteris ( C heilanthites)^ hoeninghatisi, Brongt. This is the most abun- 



dant fern in the collection. Several of the specimens show the outer 



edges of the pinnules strongly reflected in the manner of Adiantum 



when in fructification. 

 Sphenopter is, sp. A larger broad-leaved species but imperfectly preserved. 

 ^ Didyopteris, sp. A single pinnule not well preserved. It may be D. 



ohliqua, Bunbury, which is found at Sydney, Cape Breton. 

 Psaronius, sp. A stem about four inches thick, consisting outwardly of 



numerous aerial roots, and probably the base of the stem of a small 



tree-fern. 



CALAMITES; ETC. 



^ Calamites suekovii, Brongt. 



* C. cistil, Brongt. Some of the specimens, from their cylindrical form, 



would seem to have been erect. 



* C. cannceformis (?). Decorticated stem. 



* Annularia sphenopJiylloides, Zenkel. 



* A. longijolia (?), Brongt. 



Fragment of stem and branches of Annularia or Aster ophyllites. 



'^ Stigmaria jicoides. Specimens of large size occur in the collection, and as no 

 specimens of SigiUaria are present, these may possibly be roots of 

 Lepidodendron. It would seem likely, however, that sigillarids will 

 be found in this coal field as in others in eastern America, and Mur- 

 ray indeed mentions the occurrence of such trees, though he does not 

 seem to have collected specimens. Perhaps, as often occurs, they 

 were too imperfect to deserve preservation. 



ANIMAL REMAINS. 



The only animal remains seen in the collections are specimens of iVaiac?t7es 

 carbonarius and N. elongatus, Spirorbis carbonavkis, and a few ostracoid 

 shells. There are also, in a carbonaceus band, some coprolites containing 

 bony scales. 



The species in the above notes marked with an asterisk are all found in 

 the coal fields of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, and especially in the lower 

 beds nearest to the Millstone grit. The collection is small, and some of the 

 more common forms of the coal formation are absent. This is, however, no 

 doubt, accidental, and dependent on the imperfection of the collections, as 

 Mr. Murray in his report of 1873 mentions SigiUaria as seen in the beds. 



* Calymmatotheca of Zeiller. 

 LXXIX-BuLL. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 2, 1890. 



