200 O. Feistmantel — A shetch of the history of the [No. 3, 



has a distribution through the entire lower Gondwanas, and passes also 

 into the upper Gondwanas. 



I think they all belong to one species. 



Hogg erat Mops is hislopi* Feistm. 



1879. Feistmantel, I c, p. 23, PI. XIX, 1-6; XX, 1 ; p. 58, PI. XXVIII, 1-7; 

 XXIX, 1-4 ; XXX, 5-9. 



Spatulate leaves, of varying size, with numerous, straight, slightly 

 radiating and several times forked veins. They are apparently the pinnulae 

 of a pinnate leaf. 



Loiver Gondwanas : a, Talchir shales in the Deoghur (Karaun) and 

 Karanpura coalfield. 



h. Karharhdri beds, in the Karharbari and Mohpani coalfield. 



c. Barakur group in the Ramkola coalfield, at Barkoi in the Umrefc 

 coalfield, C. Prov. 



d. Raniganj (Kamthi) group in the Raniganj coalfield, South Re wall 

 basin, and in the Nagpur area. 



Tipper Gondwanas : From Parsora near Beli, South Rewah basin, in 

 red shales, which are placed by Mr. Hughes in the upper Gondwanas, 



A variety with a more rhomboidal leaf was distinguished by me as 

 Hogg, hislopi var. rhomboidalis {I. c, p. 24) from the Karharbari beds of 

 of the Karharbari coalfield. 



Genus Ptilophyllum,f Morr. 



1837- Morris, in Grant's, Geol. ofCutch; Transact. Geol. Soc. Lond. 2nd ser. 

 Vol. V, PI. XXI. 



This is a very common cycadeaceous plant in the upper Gondwanas. 



Ptilophyllum aeutifolium,% Morr. 



1837. Morris, I. c, PI XXI, figs. 1-3. 



1862. Oldham and Morris, Rajmahal Flora, I. c, p. 19, Pis. XX— XXI, 2. 



1876-79. Feistmantel, Gondwana Flora, Vols. I — II. 



The largest form of the genus. 



Tipper Gondwanas : a. TImia group in Kach., b. Jabalpur group, Sat- 

 pura and South Rewah basin e. Sripermatur group. South Godavari and 

 South Kistna district, Sripermatur area and Trichinopoly district, 

 (Utatur plant beds) and near Chirakunt middle Godavari ; d Rajmahal 

 group in the Rajmahal hills, and South Godavari. 



* Proper name. 



f Ptilon (gr.) = a feather ; phyllum (gr.) = leaf. 



X Acutus (lat.) = pointed, sharp ; folium = leaf. 



