﻿504 
  MESSES. 
  E. 
  T. 
  NEWTON 
  AND 
  J. 
  J. 
  H. 
  TEALL 
  ON 
  [Dec. 
  1 
  89 
  7, 
  

  

  Phtllotheca 
  (Equisetites) 
  cf. 
  coltjmnakis, 
  Phil. 
  (PI. 
  XLI, 
  figs. 
  

   1-3.) 
  

  

  Several 
  striated 
  and 
  jointed 
  stems, 
  such 
  as 
  we 
  have 
  long 
  known 
  

   nnder 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Equisetum 
  columnare 
  in 
  the 
  Yorkshire 
  beds, 
  

   occur 
  in 
  these 
  sandy 
  deposits 
  at 
  Cape 
  Stephen 
  . 
  These 
  stems 
  vary 
  

   from 
  \ 
  to 
  perhaps 
  1| 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  In 
  two 
  instances, 
  what 
  

   looks 
  like 
  an 
  outer 
  sheath 
  of 
  a 
  joint 
  is 
  preserved, 
  showing 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  

   the 
  oval 
  spaces 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  whorl 
  of 
  spikelets 
  or 
  perhaps 
  branches 
  

   was 
  attached. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  one 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  ' 
  disc 
  ' 
  with 
  the 
  

   spikelets 
  still 
  attached. 
  

  

  Ehiptozamites 
  ? 
  cf. 
  Go3pperti, 
  Schmalh. 
  (PI. 
  XLI, 
  figs. 
  6 
  & 
  7.) 
  

  

  The 
  cycadaceous 
  leaves 
  of 
  various 
  shapes 
  and 
  sizes 
  from 
  Northern 
  

   Siberia 
  which 
  are 
  referred 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Schmalhausen 
  to 
  the 
  above 
  

   genus 
  and 
  species 
  seem 
  to 
  find 
  their 
  counterparts 
  among 
  the 
  plant- 
  

   remains 
  on 
  these 
  slabs 
  from 
  Cape 
  Stephen. 
  Some 
  of 
  these 
  leaves 
  are 
  

   slender 
  and 
  lanceolate, 
  others 
  broader 
  and 
  more 
  oval, 
  but 
  each 
  leaf, 
  

   as 
  far 
  as 
  can 
  be 
  seen, 
  has 
  fine 
  ribs 
  running 
  nearly 
  parallel 
  from 
  

   end 
  to 
  end. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  what 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  large 
  oval 
  woody 
  leaf 
  of 
  

   this 
  form, 
  in 
  its 
  present 
  broken 
  condition, 
  measures 
  nearly 
  2 
  inches 
  

   in 
  width. 
  

  

  Anomozamites? 
  (PI. 
  XLI, 
  fig. 
  8.) 
  

  

  A 
  fragment 
  of 
  what 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  large 
  leaf 
  of 
  a 
  Cycad 
  

   allied 
  to 
  Anomozamites 
  shows 
  what 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  broad 
  midrib 
  and 
  

   on 
  one 
  side 
  three 
  unequally 
  divided 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  leaf, 
  thus 
  

   resembling 
  the 
  genus 
  Anomozamites 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  introduced 
  here 
  for 
  the 
  

   sake 
  of 
  calling 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  possible 
  presence 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  but 
  

   the 
  specimen 
  is 
  not 
  sufficient 
  for 
  certain 
  identification. 
  

  

  Zamioptekis? 
  cf. 
  olossopteroides, 
  Schmalh. 
  (PI. 
  XLI, 
  figs. 
  4& 
  5.) 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  fragmentary 
  leaves 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  

   on 
  these 
  slabs, 
  which, 
  while 
  varying 
  in 
  size, 
  agree 
  in 
  being 
  broadly 
  

   lanceolate 
  and 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  venation 
  which 
  passes 
  obliquely 
  outwards 
  

   from 
  the 
  middle 
  line 
  forward 
  to 
  the 
  periphery, 
  but 
  without 
  a 
  

   definite 
  midrib. 
  The 
  venation 
  of 
  these 
  leaves 
  certainly 
  appears 
  

   coarser 
  than 
  those 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  figures 
  given 
  by 
  Schmalhausen, 
  but 
  

   as 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  their 
  bad 
  state 
  of 
  preservation, 
  

   I 
  have 
  provisionally 
  referred 
  them 
  to 
  Zamiopteris. 
  1 
  

  

  Asplenitjm 
  cf. 
  whitbiense, 
  Brongn. 
  (PI. 
  XLI, 
  fig. 
  9.) 
  

  

  A 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  frond 
  of 
  a 
  fern 
  with 
  pinnulae 
  short 
  and 
  pointed, 
  

   with 
  entire 
  margins 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  base 
  attached 
  by 
  its 
  whole 
  width, 
  is 
  

   believed 
  to 
  represent 
  this 
  species, 
  which, 
  besides 
  its 
  original 
  home, 
  

   the 
  Yorkshire 
  Oolites, 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Siberia. 
  The 
  

   venation 
  of 
  the 
  Franz 
  Josef 
  Land 
  specimen 
  is 
  entirely 
  obliterated, 
  

   and 
  consequently 
  the 
  determination 
  can 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  only 
  doubt- 
  

   fully 
  correct. 
  

  

  1 
  [Compare 
  also 
  with 
  G 
  angamopteris. 
  See 
  Seward, 
  Quart. 
  Journ. 
  Geol. 
  Soc. 
  

   vol. 
  liii. 
  (1897) 
  p. 
  324.] 
  

  

  