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with such ferns as Aneimia. It has a very large frond, the main 

 petiole being sometimes 3 inches in diameter, and 2 feet long before 

 branching. Flattened petioles have sometimes been mistaken for 

 Cordaites and Schizoj)teris. It is a characteristic plant of the Lower 

 Coal-measures. 



L. C, Horton (0. F. ITartt); Norton Creek, N.B. (G^. F. Mattheiv). 



3. C. OBLONGiFOLiA, Gooppert. 



A little larger and coarser than Goeppert's figure. 

 U. C, Pictou (J". W. D.), 



4. C. (Neuropteris) obliqua, Brongn. 



M. C, Sydney {B. Brown) ; Grand Lake (G. F. Hartt). 



5. C. (?Net7Ropteris) ingeits, L. & H. 



M. C, Sydney (B. Brown) ; Grand Lake (0. F. Hartt), 



6. C. OBLATA, L. & H. 



M. C, Sydney (JR. Brown). 



7. C. piMBRiATA, Lesquereux. 

 M. C, Sydney (B. Brown). 



8. C. HispiDA, spec. nov. PI. XIII. fig. 92. 



Pinnate ; pinnules obovate, diminishing in size towards the point, 

 decurrent on the petiole; veins slender, distant, forking several 

 times ; under surface covered with stiff hairs. 



M. C, Sydney (B. Brown). 



9. C. ANTiQXTA, spec. nov. PI. XIII. fig. 95. 

 L. C, ? Hebert Eiver (J. W. D.). 



Tripinnate ; petioles slender ; pinnules oblong, obtuse, decurrent 

 on the petiole, not contiguous. Terminal pinnules much elongated ; 

 venation simple, divergent. This plant approaches more nearly to 

 the peculiar species of Gyclojpteris found in the Devonian, than any 

 of the others I have seen in the Carboniferous. 



Neuropteris, Brongn. 



1. Netiropteris RARii^ERvis, Buubury. 



M. C, Sydney (B. Brown) ; Grand Lake (C. F. Hartt) ; Bay de Cha- 

 leur (Logan). 



2. N. PERELEGANS, SpCC. UOV. PI. XIII. fig. 93. 



M. C, Sydney (B. Brown). 



Eesembles N. elegans, Brongn., but has narrower pinnules, and 

 nerves less oblique to the midrib. The pinnules were thick and 

 leathery, rough or cellular-netted above, and showing the venation 

 only on the underside. 



3. N. cordata, Brongn. (and var. angustifolia). 



The ferns referred to this species are identical with N. hirsuta 

 of Lesquereux. They abound in the Middle and Upper Coal-forma- 

 tions, and have larger pinnules than any of the other ferns, A 



