1867.] TATE SOUTH-AFEICAX FOSSILS. 145 



P. recta differs from P. gigas, Lindley and Hutton, in its linear lan- 

 ceolate pinnae, and approaclies nearer to P. lanceolata, Leckenby, 

 from wMch it is distinguished by its straight pinnae, and by their 

 proportionate length and breadth. The length of a pinna of P. recta 

 is about six times the breadth. 



2. Paljeozaiiia (Podozaxites) Moeeisii, spec. nov. PL Y. fig. 4. 



Frond bipinnate (?) ; pinnae somewhat approximate, patent, ovate- 

 lanceolate ; apex acute; base contracted. Length from 2^ to 3|- 

 times the breadth ; yenation obscured. 



This weU-marked species is dedicated to Professor John Morris, 

 P.G.S., who many years since paid attention to the fossil flora of 

 South Africa. 



3. Pal^ozastia Eubidgei, spec. nov. PI. Y. figs. 3«, 36. 



Prond pinnate, rachis straight, broad; pinnae alternate, long, 

 slender, lanceolate, tapering gradually to an acute apex ; base 

 slightly contracted, and decurrent (?) ; veins about ten, prominent, 

 parallel. 



The substance of the pinnae was apparently thin ; the plant being 

 either succident, or possessing a much less coriaceous cuticle than is 

 found usually among Cycads allied to Zamia. 



Palceozamia Buhidgei is related to Zamites lanceolatus, Lindley and 

 Hutton ; but the pinnae are not so distant, and are more lanceolate. 



4. PAL^OZAillA {vel PlEEOPHTLLTni) APEICAXA, SpCC. UOV. PL Y. fig. 5. 



Erond ? Pinnae very long, lanceolate, tapering gradually ; 



apex ? ; base ? ; veins few (about six), prominent, par- 



aUel. 



This species Ls founded on a portion of a frond, the full length of 

 which is not seen, nor the insertion and termination of the pinnae. 

 The longest pinna, in its incompleteness, measures 5-| inches. 



The long, slender, and nearly parallel-sided pinna is not referable 

 to any other African Cycad, nor, as far as I know, to any PalcBO- 

 zamia ; it may, however, prove to belong to the genus PteropTiyllum ; 

 in which case P. Africana finds an analogue in Pt. Morrisianum, 

 Oldham, from the Coal-measures of Eajmahal, India ; but it differs 

 from the latter by its more slender form, and its fewer and coarser 

 veins. The same characters would distinguish it from Podozamites 

 longifolius, Emmons. 



B. Filices. 



1. Pecopteeis Atheestonei, spec. nov. PL Y. figs. 2a, 2h. 



Frond possibly bi- or tripinnate; pinnae long, pinnatifid, with 

 close, alternate, decurrent segments, which are oblong and slightly 

 oblique ; medial vein nearly straight, prominent ; secondary veins 

 oblique, forked once near the midrib. 



This species is closely allied to P. Lidica, Oldham and Morris, but 

 is of a more robust habit ; the pinnules are broader and blunter. 



