1881.] fossils of the Indian Gondwana system. 181 



Schizoneura comp. meriani* Schimp. 



1879. Feistmantcl, Pal. ind., Talchir-Karharbari flora, PL I, figs. 6-7. 



1880. Damuda-Panchet flora, ibid. p. 64, PI. VIII A. 4; IX A. 3-6. 



Some specimens from the Karharbari and Raniganj coalfield appear 

 to belong to this species. 



Some other equisetaceous stalks from the Talchir shales appear also 

 to belong to Schizoneura, so that in India this genus ranges from the 

 Talchir to the Panchet groups. 



Genus JPhyllotheea,f Bgt. 

 A genus at first described from the upper coalmeasures in Australia {Ph. 

 australis, McCoy) then from the Italian Oolite (by Zigno), then from India 

 and lately from the Siberian Jura. 



Phyllotheca indica,% Bunb. 



1862. Bunbury, Nagpur plants, Qu. J. G. S. Vol. XVII, p. 355, Pis. X, XI. 

 1880. Feistmantel, Pal. ind., Gondwana Flora, Vol. Ill, p. 67, PI. XII A fig. 3-9. 



Lower Gondwdnas : Raniganj (Kamthi) group : Raniganj coalfield 

 and Nagpur area. 



Phyllotheca rohusta,§ Feistm. 

 1880. Pal. ind., Gondwana Flora, Vol. Ill, pp. 68-69, PI. XIV A, figs. 1-2. 

 Lower Gondwdnas: Baniganj group (?) near Dubrajpur, Gopicandar 

 area, Rajmahal hills. 



Another Phyllotheca was recently brought by myself from the Talchir 

 shales, Karanpiira coalfield, but it is not yet figured. 



Genus Trizygia,\\ Royle. 

 Like Sphenopliyllum of the palaeozoic period, but the leaves in three 

 pairs on one side of the articulation, always six leaves only. 



Trizygia speciosa,^ Royle. 



1839. Eoyle, Botany etc., Himalayan Mts. p. 431, PI. II, fig. 8. 



1876. Feistmantel, J. A. S. Beng., Vol. XLV, p. 342, PI. XV, fig. 1-2. 

 a. Lower Gondivdnas : Bardkar group in the Bokaro coalfield (near 

 Layo) ; Aurunga coalfield (near Murup) and in the Talchir coalfield (near 

 Gopalprasad) . 



* Proper name. 



f Phyllon (gr) = a leaf ; theca (gr) = a sheath. 

 X Indicus (lat) = indian. 

 § Robustus (lat) = strong. 

 || Threis (gr) = three ; Zeugos (gr) = a pair. 

 H Speciosus (lat) = handsome. 

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