276 PEOF. A. C. SEWAED AND ME. E. E. HOLTTUM [vol. Ixxviil, 



probability DesmiopliyUum sp. is identical with some of the 

 imperfect leaves from the Indian beds. It is significant that the 

 rocks in the Madras region containing Jurassic plants are said bj 

 Medlicott & Blanford ^ to rest "unconformablv on gneissose strata, 

 presumably of Archaean age. From Trichinopoli, where these 

 Madras beds are represented, the distance to Tabbowa in Ceylon is 

 about 200 miles, and in both localities there appears to be the 

 same relation to older igneous rocks. In our opinion, the flora 

 is unquestionably Jurassic in age, and probably dates from the 

 Lower Oolite. Formerly, the Madras beds were included as the 

 Kota Series with the Maleri Series ; but recently Mr. G-. de P. 

 Cotter 2 has shown good reason for separating the Kota from the 

 Maleri Series, and assigning it to a Lower Oolite and L'pper 

 Liassic horizon. The pala&obotanical evidence is consistent with 

 this conclusion. 



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1 Medlicott & Blanford (93) p. 182. 

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