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Glossopteris angustifolia. — This species, which is characteristic 

 of the Damuda of India and occurs in the Ehaetic of Tongking, is 

 perhaps more in accordance with a Middle than with a Lower 

 Karroo horizon. 



Glossopteris Browniana. — This species has also been recognized 

 in the Hhaetic flora of Tongking, and it is abundant in the Damuda 

 Beds of India ; it would seem to indicate the Beaufort rather than 

 the Ecca Series. 



Glossopteris indica. — This species is recorded from the Permian 

 of Eussia ; it occurs in the Talchir-Karharbari, as well as in the 

 Damuda Beds of India. It furnishes no decisive evidence as to a 

 choice between the Beaufort and the Ecca Series. 



Gangomopteris cyclopteroides. — This species, like the last, occurs 

 in llussia, as also in the Talchir and Damuda Beds of India; it is, 

 however, characteristic of the lower horizon. 



Lepidodendron Pedroanum. — The Brazilian rocks from which this 

 type is recorded are spoken of by Prof. Zeiller as representing the 

 summit of the Carboniferous or the base of the Permian. 



Lepidodendron vereenigingense. — We do not consider that the state 

 of preservation of the material so far obtained justifies any definite 

 expression of opinion as to geological age, but we regard the 

 evidence as more favourable to an Upper Carboniferous than to a 

 Permian horizon. 



BotJirodendron Leslii. — The evidence afforded by Bothrodendron 

 is not conclusive, but it points rather to the lower than to the 

 higher Karroo horizon. The European species with which the 

 African stems agree most closely are from the Lower Carboniferous 

 and the Upper Devonian. 



Psygmophyllum Kidstoni. — This genus ranges from the Lower 

 Carboniferous to the Permian, and does not therefore afford decisive 

 evidence. 



On the whole, we are disposed to consider the Yereeniging flora 

 as indicative of the Ecca rather than of the Beaufort Series. 



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