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CYCADOPHYTA 



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Bucklandia indica sp. nov. 



Oldham and Morris^ and subsequently FeistmanteP described 

 some specimens of Cycadean stems from the Rajmahal Hills of 





Fig. 579. Buchlandia indioa. A, side-view showing the leaf-bases and attached 

 petioles of Ptilophyllum, also (to the left) a fragment of a detached Ptilo- 

 phyllum leaf. B, transverse section showing the pith, xylem cylinder, 

 cortex, and sections of petioles. (British Museum; nat. size.) 



India of Lower Jurassic age : the latter author regarded them as 



stems of Williamsonia because of their association with flowers 



of that type, a conclusion fully justified by the evidence. Feist- 



1 Oldham and Morris (63) B. PI. xxxrv. = Feistmantel (772) p 73^ 



