194 O. Feistmantel — A sJceteh of the history of the [No. 3, 



Among the specimens, lately brought by myself from the Karhar- 

 bari and Karanpura coalfields, there is also another species which occurs 

 in the Bacchus- Marsh sandstone of Victoria. 



Gangamopteris is also represented in the higher groups of the Lower 

 Gondwanas. 



Gangamopteris anthrophyoides,* Feistm. 

 1880. Feistmantel, Pal. ind. Gondwana Flora, Vol. Ill, p. 54. 

 Loiver Gondwanas : Raniganj group, Raniganj field. 



Gangamopteris hughe sift Feistm. 

 1876. Feistmantel, Rec. Geol. Survey of Ind. Vol. IX, Pt. 4, p. 38. 

 Lower Gondivcuias : Kdmthi (Raniganj) group, Kamthi, Nagpur area 



Gangamopteris whittiana,% Feistm. 

 1876. Feistmantel, J. As. S. Beng., Vol. XLV, p. 371, PI. XX, figs. 3-4. 

 Lower Gondwanas : Raniganj group, Raniganj coalfield. 



Genus Belemnopteris,§ Feistm. 

 1876. Feistmantel, J. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XLV, p. 370. 



Belemnopteris wood~masoniana,\\ Feistm. 

 1876. Feistmantel, I. c, p. 371, PL XX, figs. 1-2. 



This is one of the most interesting fossils, being very close to some 

 living forms, amongst others to Hemionitis cordata, Roxburgh, which grows 

 in India. 



Lower Gondivdnas : Raniganj group, Raniganj field. 



Inceetjs sedis. 



The systematic positions of some other ferns are not quite certain. 

 Amongst them are several forms with a net-venation and with a compound 

 leaf, as exhibited either by the actual attachment of several leaflets to a 

 common stalk or by the shape of the leaflets. 



I have classed them provisionally with Sagenopteris, but in case a new 

 generic name should hereafter be required for them, I propose the name 

 Dactyiopteris (the fingered fern). 



They are mostly from the Raniganj group. One species was also 

 described by myself from the Karharbdri beds. 



* Like Anthrophyum, a living genus. 



f Proper name. 



% Proper name. 



§ Belemnon (gr) = arrow-head ; pteris = fern. 



|| Proper name. 



