144 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETr. [Feb. 6, 



Bloemfontein* succeed. These have: — silicified wood and coal or 

 lignite ; Dicynodon (D. testucliceps, Owen, from the Eiver Modder) ; 

 Eushelesaurus Broiunii, Hnx., and Orosaurus, Hnx., from Ahwal 

 N^orth ; and Cynochampsa laniarius (?), 0., Massospondylus, 0., Pa- 

 chyspondyhis, 0., and Lejptosjpondylus, 0., from Harrismith, near the 

 Drakenherg. 



Zone Ko. 4 comes out on the Fatal side of the Drakenherg, and 

 possibly the lower zones also. Glossopteris, in a good state of pre- 

 servation, together with fossil wood and hones, in a calcareous rock, 

 have been collected by Dr. P. C. Sutherland f from the upper strata 

 of the Coal-series of Natal. — T. R. J. 



III. TJlTENHAGE SeEIES. 



a. Fossil Flora of the GeeThoutboom Beds (the " Wood-led Series " of 



Ather stone). 



The plants from the Geelhoutboom series have been obtained by 

 Dr. Atherstone and Dr. Eubidge at various dates ; they have been 

 derived from two kinds of deposit (forming part of the '' Wood- 

 bed"):— 



1. A soft grey sandy shale, and yellowish sandstone (the remains 

 of the leaves are sometimes calcareous). 



2. A dull, compact, splintery, bluish-grey, argillaceous limestone, 

 lying below the marly sandstone. Of this rock there are two layers 

 (" strata of ferns " in Dr. Atherstone's section %). 



JN'o. 1. contains Palwozamia Morrisii, P. Ruhidgei, Athrotaxites 

 (sp.), Cycad stems, Sphenopteris Antipodum, Pecopteris Africana, 

 and P. Ruhidgei. 



No. 2. contains Paloiozamia recta, P. Africana, seeds and a por- 

 tion of a cone belonging to Cycadaceous plants, and Pecojoteris 

 Atherstonei. 



The following species are common : — Asplenites lohata and Cy- 

 clopteris JenJcinsiana. 



Description of the Species. 



A. Cycadacece. 



1. Paljsozamia (Otozamites) eecta, spec. nov. PI. Y. figs. 7«, 76. 



Erond pinnate, elongated. Pinnse alternate, lanceolate, tapering 

 gradually to an acute apex, patent ; base semicordate ; veins distinct, 

 forked, nearly parallel. 



The foliage of this species, so far as it is known, was exceedingly 

 coriaceous ; many of the pinnse are mined with serpentinous gal- 

 leries, as by the larvae of Insects. A frond of P. recta in the Geolo- 

 gical Society's Museum measures 17 inches in length ; its apex is 

 wanting ; but when entire, it must have exceeded 2 feet 6 inches. 



"^ These are described by Mr. A. Wyley in a Eeport (addressed to the Presi- 

 dent of the Free State) on the ineffectual search for gold near this place : ' Bioem- 

 fontein Grazette,' January 1856. 



f Quart. Journ. Greol. Soc. vol. xi. p. 466. 



t Provincial Magazine, vol. i. pp. 580, 581 (1857). 



