378 W. M. Fontaine — Conglomerate Series of West Virginia. 



the Raleigh road, and at the locality at Quinnimont, all my 

 material was obtained from the weathered outcrop of the plant- 

 bearing shales. In my second visit to the locality at Sewell 

 Station I was in hopes of making large additions to my stock 

 of the interesting plants found there on a former occasion. I 

 was led to entertain this hope from the fact that in my previous 

 visit I spent only an hour or two in the collection of the plants. 

 But I found on my second visit that the impressions were re- 

 stricted to a very thin layer in the roof, and that from the small 

 amount of material on the "Dump" but little in addition 

 could be obtained. The opening was inaccessible, being filled 

 with water. It is an interesting fact regarding most of the plants 

 found hers, especially the Megalopteris^ that they were seen 

 nowhere else. The locality on the Ealeigh road of the Piney 

 River section, is a very promising one, affording a number of 

 good specimens, in the weathered outcrop. 



The following are the plants obtained from this series ; some 

 of them were procured in my first visit and were noticed in my 

 former paper. 



1. Sphenopteris Hoeninghami Brongt. Quite common in large 

 and beautiful specimens with coal No. 5, Raleigh County. 



No. 9, at Sewell Station. 



3. Lepidodendron Selaginoides Sternb. Good impressions of 

 the bark and leafy branches, are not uncommon with coal No. 

 6, Raleigh County. I found associated with this plant very 

 small leafy branches closely resembling the figures by Lesque- 

 reux, of Lycopodites Meekii, They are no doubt small branches 

 of S. Selaginoides. 



4. Sphenopteris AdiantoideslAx\^\. and Hutt. A single speci- 

 men but well marked, was found with coal 5, Raleigh County. 



5. Bornia radiata Brongt. Found with coal 9, at Sewell Sta- 

 tion, and coal 5, Raleigh County. 



6. Odonlopteris gracillima Newb. A single pinnule was found 

 at Sewell Station with coal 9. 



7. Neuropteris, species ? Of this plant I have some detached 

 pinnules, and one pinna with five pinnules, not enough for 

 positive determination. It was obtained at Sewell Station from 

 coal No. 9. The following features are shown in the specimens 

 obtained: Fronds bipinnate; pinnules placed obliquely, and 

 remotely; attached by the central portion of the base; sub- 

 alternate, 2^ cm. long, 8 mm. wide, margin strongly repand, 

 oblong lanceolate, acute, upper portion of the base rounded 

 obliquely, lower portion forming a short round lobe, midrib 

 slender, but strongly defined, diminishing in size, and near the 

 end, splitting up into nervules, rather flexuous. Side nerves 



