186 O. Feistmantel — A sketch of the history of the [No. 3, 



Neuropteris valida* Feistm. 



1879. Talchir— Karharbari Flora, Pal. ind.,Gondwana Flora, Vol. Ill, (Ser. XII, 1) 

 pp. 10-11, Pis. II- VI. 



A large and exceedingly nice, single pinnate fern, very numerous at one 

 locality. 



Lower Gondwdnas : Karharbari beds at Buriadi (very frequent), at 

 Passerabhia and Domahni (rare) in the Karharbari coalfield. 



Cyclopteris (?) pachgrhachis,f Gopp. 

 1841. Goppert, Genera plant foss. Nos. 5-6, p. 94, Pi, 4, 5. 



Lower Gondwdnas : JPanchet group, N. W. of Assensole, Raniganj 

 coalfield. 



Order Alethopterideae and Pecopterideae. 



(Incertae sedis). 



Alethopteris lobifolia,% Lindl. and Hutt. 



1877. Feistmantel, Jabalpur Flora, Pal. ind., Gondwana Flora, Vol. II, p. 86, PI, 

 III, fig. 1. 



A species of the English Oolite. 



Upper Gondwdnas : Jabalpur group, from the Sher river, Satpura 

 basin. 



Pecopteris concinna,§ Presl. 

 1838. Presl. in Sternberg, V. d. Fl. d. Vorw. II, p. 149, PI. 41, fig. 3. 

 Lower Gondwdnas : Panehet group, N. W. of Assensole, Raniganj 

 coalfield. 



Genus Merianopteris,\\ Heer. 

 Established by Prof. Heer in his " Fossil Flora der Schweiz," 1 ^ upon 

 the former Pecopteris angusta from the Trias. 



From India I have identified one species of somewhat larger dimen- 

 sions as : 



Merianopteris major,** Feistm. 

 1880. Damuda Flora, Pal. ind., Gondwana Flora, Vol. Ill, p. 52. 

 Lower Gondwdnas : Raniganj group, in the Raniganj coalfield. 



* Validus (lat) = strong, big. 



f Pachys (gr) = thick ; rhachis (gr) = stalk. 



% With lobed leaves. 



§ Concinnus (lat.) = pretty, neat. 



|| Merian's fern. 



H Pflanzen der Trias, pp. 69, 87-88 ; Pis. XXIV, 7-12 ; XXXVII, XXXVIII, 7, 8. 



** Larger, in comparison with the original species. 



