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25. — Catamites decoratus, Schloth. Compressed stem with three 

 joints in a light-coloured shale. 

 Loc. — Waldenbnrg in Silesia. (27. C. 56). 



26. — Catamites Suclcowii. Base of stem with roots radiating from it. 

 Loc. — Shale above the Low-Main Seam, Felling. (27. C. 75). 



27. Cicatrix of branch and portion of joint. 



Loc. — Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (27. C. 33). 



28. Phragma of joint, L. etH. Type specimen, F.F.,pl. 20. 



Phragma well preserved, central part smooth, entire, with 

 radiating furrows round the margin, and indications of the 

 grooving of the stem. 

 Loc. — Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (27. C. 66). 



29. Phragma of joint, L. et H. Type specimen, F.F., pi. 20. 



The inner portion destroyed ; -with an indented ridge round the 



greater portion of the margin. 



Loc. — Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (27. C. 67). 



30. Torn stem, L. et H. Type specimen, F. F., pi. 21. 



Portion of a stem torn and crushed outwards from the central 



portion of the specimen. 



Loc— Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (27. C. 68). 



Calamites Suckowii, var. decoratus, Artis. 



Stem. 



31. — Catamites decoratus, Artis. The end of root portion of two 

 small, much rounded stems. 

 Loc. — Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (27. C. 31). 



32. Basal, terminal portion of upright stem, shewing root- 

 lets radiating from it. 

 Loc— Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (27. C. 32). 



33. ■ — Lower portion of stem one inch and a half broad, with 



the root portion perfect, much rounded, and shewing small 



circular apertures round the joints for rootlets. 



Loc. — Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (27 C. 15). 



34. = C. cannceformis, Lebour, 111. Foss. Pits., pi. 1. Type. 



Several small stems radiating from the end of a central stem. 

 Loc. — Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (27. C. 30). 



35. Group of six stems, four of which radiate from a centre ; 



one stem shews an appearance of other stems branching from it. 

 Loc — Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (27. C. 22). 



