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 146 PKOCEEDINGS OP THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Feb. 6, 



2. Pecopteeis Eubidgei, spec. nov. PI. Y. figs, la, 15. 



Pinnae long, pinnules attached to the rachis by their whole base 

 and to each other, close, alternate, falcate, acute ; median vein 

 strong, prominent ; secondary veins oblique, forked once near the 

 midrib. 



The arched and acutely pointed pinnules serve to distinguish this 

 species from P. Atherstonei. 



3. Pecopteeis Afeicaka, spec. nov. PI. YI. figs, la, Ih. 



Pinnae long; pinnules attached by a contracted base, distant, 

 patent, elongate-oblong, blunt or subacute ; medial vein strong ; 

 secondary veins oblique and bifurcating, or simply forked. 



4. AsPLENiTES lobata, Oldham, ' Palaeontologia Indica,' p. 52, pi. 28. 

 fig. 1, pi. 29, pi. 30, pi. 36. figs. 6, 7: 1860. 



This fern is the most abundant of the plants of the Geelhoutboom 

 marls; it also occurs in a dark-grey sub crystalline limestone at 

 Geelhoutboom. 



Of A. lohata, described from the coal-series of Eajmahal, India, 

 the diagnosis is as follows : — 



" Prond bipinnate ; pinnae oblique, long, alternate ; pinnules ovate, 

 alternate, distant, contracted at the base, lobed ; lobes obtuse, deep, 

 4 to 8 on each side ; midrib stiff and proceeding to the end of the 

 pinnule, secondary veins flexuous and divided once or twice (?) ; sori 

 oblong or oblong- triangular, very large." — Oldham. 



The African specimens do not exhibit any traces of fructification. 



5. Sphenopteeis antipodtjm, spec. nov. PI. YI. fig. 3. 



Frond bipinnate, with linear, long, acute, dentated, alternate 

 segments, each of which has one vein : the primary pinnae on slender 

 staUis, elongated, oval. 



This species has great analogy to S. Fulgeri, Ettingshausen, from 

 the Wealden at Deister, and from the Inferior Oolite in Yorkshire ; 

 but its pinnules are not so membranous and laciniated as in that 

 species. 



6. Ctclopteeis Jenkinsiana, spec. nov. PI. YI. fig. 4. 



Frond obovate-oblong, rounded and obtuse at the apex, somewhat 

 attenuated below; the veins, which are numerous and delicate, 

 are radiate, dichotomizing from the base. 



The length of the largest specimen is 4|- inches, and the greatest 

 breadth 3|- inches. 



^' In the overlying sandstone they are often 5 or 6 inches long and 

 3 inches broad" (Dr. W. G. Atherstone, MS.). The base is not pre- 

 served, but was apparently simply attenuated. 



This species occurs both in the argillaceous limestones and in the 

 laminated sandstones of Geelhoutboom. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to my colleague, 

 Mr. H. M. Jenkins, F.G.S., as a slight acknowledgment of the ser- 

 vices he has rendered me in the issue of this paper. 



