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O. Feistmantel — Contributions towards the 



[Xo. 4, 



Palseontological System. £ pi^tT 



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Living affinities 



Remarks. 



Aletbopt. cmp. Wbitbyensis PL XXI. 6, 6a. 



Pteris ? 



In tbe form of Pe- 









copt. tenuis, Bgt. 



b. Type Phegopteris. 







Aletbopt. pbegopteroides 



PI. XVIII. 



Phegopteris de- 



A new form of fossil 







cussata, Mett. 



ferns. 



3 Taeniopterides. 





Macrotaeniopteris danasoides, 











PL XIX. 1, 2. 

 PL XXI. 1. 



Acrosticbum ? 



Mezozoic. 











c. Type Yittaria. 









Gen. — Palmovittaria, nov. 









gen 1876. 









Palseovittaria Kurzi, Fstm. . . 



PL XIX. 3, 4. 



Yittaria. 



New genus. 



4 Dictyopteridcs. 









Gen. — Belemnopteris, nov. 









gen. 1876. 









Belemnopteris Wood-Maso- 











PL XX. 1, 2. 



Gymnogrammse sa- 









gittata Ettgb. 



New genus. 







(Hemionitis cor- 

 data, Rxbgb. 



Pteris sagittata, 

 Raddi. 





Genus Gangamopteris, 









McCoy, 6. 









Gangamopteris Wbittiana, 









Fstm 



PI XX. 3, 4. 



Antropbyum lati- 

 folium, Bl. 









New form. 



Genus Glossopteris, Bgt. 









1828. 









Glossopteris angustifolia, Bgt. 



PL XXI. 2, 4. 



Pteris ? Scbizo- 









loma ? 



Exbibiting a mar- 

 ginal line. 



Glossopt. communis, Fstm. . . 



PL XXI. 5. 



? 





Genus Sagenopteris, Bgt. 









1828. 







Glossopteris acaulis 



Sagenopteris polyphylla, Fstm . 



P. XX. 5, 6. 



p 



McCl. 



II. Descbipttons of the Plants ebom the Eaniganj eield. 



The specimens brought by Mr. Wood-Mason represent two orders only : 

 I. Equisetacece and II. Filices. 



The specimens are almost all very well preserved in a dark grey 

 shale, and are throughout covered with a very thin film of coal, the 

 former vegetable substance. ' In this respect they differ from the most of 

 the specimens from Eaniganj in the Museum of the Geological Survey, 

 these being mostly in a light grey rock, and only rarely covered with a coal- 



