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thickness, and gently curved from the centre outwards, forming a tuft 

 from 4 to 8 inches in height and about the same in the greatest width. 

 In the best preserved specimen observed, the original stem is cylindrical, 

 and about 4 lines in thickness at the base, where it is broken off. At 1| 

 inches in height, it is 9 lines in diameter, and here consists of a bundle of 

 from 20 to 30 stems closely aggregated into one solid cylindrical, mass, 

 ile stems then separate and curve gracefully outwards, forming a tuft 7 

 inches wide at the height of 4 inches. The length of the whole is about 

 7 inches. The stems have a smooth sub-cylindric aspect, and appear to 

 have been of a succulent or soft structure, so that, when thrown down and 

 buried in the sediment, they were pressed and partly blended into each 

 other. 



This is a very striking, easily recognized, and persistent species. Speci- 

 mens from Ottawa, where it is most abundant, may be identified at the 

 first glance with those from Peterboro. 



Locality and Formation. — City of Ottawa, Peterboro, and Belleville. 

 Trenton limestone. 



Collectors. — E. Billings, M. Eogers. 



LiCEOPHYCUS MINOR. (N. Sp.) 



Fig. 88. 

 Fig. 88. — Licrophycus minor. 



Description. — In this species the stems are about one line in thickness, 

 branching at an acute angle, straight or curved. Length, 3 or 4 inches ; 

 width, across the whole tuft, from IJ to 2 mches. It is closely allied to 

 L. Ottawaensis, but is much smaller, and in general the branches are 

 straighter, and appear to have been of a more firm consistence, as they 

 are not so much compressed. 



Locality and Formation. — City of Ottawa ; in the Trenton limestone. 

 Colleetor. — E. BiUiags. 



