274 PROF. A. C. SEWARD AIS^D MR. R. E. HOLTTUM [vol. IxXYlii, 



from the Walloon Series of Queensland and from Jm'assic rocks 

 in New South Wales. ^ Arber has recorded T. Daintreei, this 

 specific name being used instead of T. spatulata., from several 

 localities in New Zealand.^ Some leaves figured by Feistmantel 

 from the Indwe River (Cape Province),^ as T. Daintreei are 

 indistinguishable from the Ceylon specimens. Etheridge * records, 

 but unfortunately does not figure, T. spatulata from Natal, in 

 association with G-lossopteris and JPhyUotheca. In view of the 

 fact that in India this species is confined to beds above those 

 ■containing Glossopte7^is, it would be interesting to know whether 

 Etherido-e's determination is correct. The association, in the 

 Hhstic plant-beds of Tongking, of leaves named by Zeiller 

 T. spatulata ° and some members of the Glossopteris flora 

 .supports Etheridge's record ; but it is noteworthy that the 

 Tongking leaves are characterized by a well-marked transverse 

 folding of the lamina, which imparts to them a corrugated 

 appearance unlike any other fronds of T. spatulata. Although 

 Zeiller's specimens bear a close resemblance in form and venation 

 to those from Tabbowa, we feel some doubt as to their specific 

 identity. 



aYMNOSPERM^. Coniferales. Fam. Araucarinese. 



Araxjcarites cutchensis Feistmantel. (PI. XII, fig. 17.) 



The imperfect cone-scale, 1*5 cm. long, represented in fig. 17 

 .shows the impression of a single median seed and the torn distal 

 end of the scale, which was probably acute. Some of the smaller 

 ■examples described by Feistmantel ^ from the Madras coast as 

 A. catcJiensis are very similar to the single cone-scale from Ceylon. 

 This species is recorded also from G-raham Land," and it does not 

 differ in any very definite characters from certain Araucarian cone- 

 scales from European, American, and Australian localities.^ 



CONIFERALES INCERT^ SEDIS. 

 Brachyphtllum mamillare Brongniart. (PL XII, fig. 19.) 



This fragment of a slender branched shoot, although too small 

 to be determined with certainty, appears to be identical with the 

 finer branches of larger examples figured by Feistmantel ^ from the 

 Jabalpur Grroup as ^racliyplixjllam mamillare^ a widel}^ distri- 

 buted Jurassic conifer. The crowded appressed leaves, apparently 



1 Walkom (19) pi. viii, fig. 3. 



2 Arber (17) p. 46 & pi. vi. 



•^ Feistmantel (89) pi. ii, fig. 11. 



^ Etheridge (01) p. 72. 



5 ZeiUer (03) pi. xiii, figs. 6-12. 



^' Feistmantel (79) pi. xiy, figs. 6-9 & pi. xvi, fig. 15. 



'' HaHe (13) pi. viii, figs. 3-10. 



8 Seward (19) p. 264. 



^ Feistmantel (77") pi. xiii, fig. 1. 



