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  ME. 
  D. 
  DRAPER 
  ON 
  THE 
  OCCURRENCE 
  OF 
  

  

  [Aug. 
  1897, 
  

  

  23. 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Occurrence 
  of 
  Sigillaria, 
  Glossopteris, 
  and 
  

   other 
  Plant-remains 
  in 
  the 
  Triassic 
  Rocks 
  of 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

   By 
  David 
  Draper, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S. 
  (Eead 
  March 
  24th, 
  1897.) 
  

  

  A 
  collection 
  of 
  plants 
  was 
  forwarded 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  to 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  

   Seward, 
  M.A., 
  F.G.S., 
  for 
  identification. 
  These 
  were 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  

   following 
  localities, 
  marked 
  on 
  the 
  accompanying 
  map. 
  

  

  !• 
  1 
  i\r 
  • 
  nr- 
  ' 
  !■ 
  Middelburg 
  District, 
  Transvaal. 
  

  

  { 
  m 
  aggies 
  Mine 
  .... 
  J 
  & 
  ' 
  

  

  2. 
  Casey's 
  Township. 
  . 
  Two 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Johannesburg. 
  

  

  3. 
  Vereeniging 
  Thirty 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Johannesburg. 
  

  

  4. 
  Zwart 
  Koppies 
  .... 
  Four 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Heilbron 
  Eoad 
  

  

  Station 
  on 
  the 
  Cape 
  Government 
  

   Railway 
  -line 
  to 
  Johannesburg. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1. 
  — 
  Sketch-map 
  showing 
  the 
  localities 
  where 
  the 
  fossils 
  were 
  discovered. 
  

  

  Hi 
  

  

  "3 
  

  

  Coal 
  — 
  Molteno 
  Beds.^ 
  

  

  Carboniferous 
  and 
  Devonian 
  Rocks- 
  

   Granite 
  and 
  Schists. 
  „ 
  

  

  Section- 
  lutes, 
  

  

  tSZ3 
  

  

  All 
  these 
  localities 
  are 
  situated 
  within 
  the 
  area 
  which 
  is 
  known 
  

   to 
  be 
  coal-bearing, 
  excepting 
  ]S 
  T 
  o. 
  2, 
  Casey's 
  Township, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  

   small 
  outlier, 
  detached 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  body 
  by 
  denudation. 
  

  

  