56 CATALOGUE OF FOSSIL PLANTS 



The specimen which is here referred to Schiz. anomala differs 

 somewhat in general form from the specimens figured by Brong- 

 niart, and resembles in appearance the Jurassic Fucoides ? arcuata, 

 L. et IS.., but the branchings have all the characters of S. anomala. 

 Until the fructification of these peculiar plants is ascertained, it 

 will remain uncertain to what order or family they really belong, 

 and to move them from one generic name to another can serve 

 no good purpose. 



Schizopteris crispa, Grutbier sp. 



Type — Fucoides crispus, Gfutb., Vers. Zwick. Schwarzk., 



pl.l,f.ll;pl.6,f.l8. 



Facoides linearis, Ghitb., Vers. Zwick., Schwarzk., 



pi. 1, f. 10, 12. 

 ? Schizopteris lactuca, Gfeinitz, Vers. Steinkf. Sachs., 



pi. 26, f. 1. 

 ? Rhacophyllum ,, Schimp., Traite, pi. 46, f. 1 ; pi. 47, 



f. 1. 

 ? ,, flabellatum, Schimp., Traite, pi. 48, f. 8. 



„ (?) Lebour, 111. Fobs. Pits., pi. 42, 43. 



87. — Schizopteris crispa, Gutb. (Rhacophyllum (?). Lebour, 111. Foss. 



Pits., pis. 42, 43). Type. 

 The ramifications or branchings are long, narrow, and much 

 curved, the divisions or branches going off in groups to the 

 right and left from the flattened broad, basal part of the speci- 

 men ; finely striated longitudinally. 

 Loc. — Shale above the Bensham Seam. (H. C. 296). 



88. Specimen very much branched or split up into ribbon- 

 shaped branchings ; the branchings curved, narrow, and 

 bifurcating. 

 Loc. — Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (IT. C. 298). 



89. — ? Schizopteris crispa, Gutb. 



Very large, broad-spreading specimen; the basal part flat- 

 tened and much spread out in Liverwort fashion, and splitting 

 up into narrow bifurcating branches above. 

 Loc— Shale above the Bensham Seam, Jarrow. (H. C. 305, 

 306, 658). 



Hemarks. — Gutbier's figures referred to in the above references, 

 and the plates 42, 43, in the " Illustrations of Fossil Plants," 



