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Halle^ from Graham Land, originally described by Oldham and 

 Morris as Cunninghamites confertus and subsequently removed by 

 Feistmantel to Palissya : the leaves are distichous with a sessile and 

 decurrent lamina attached at a wide angle. The apex of the leaves 

 is obtuse and a midrib is present. In Elatocladus conferta Halle in- 

 cludes the Australian form Palissya australis as figured by Stirling^. 



Elatocladus zamioides (Leckenby ex Bean ms.). 



This type, from the Middle Jurassic of Yorkshire, was described 

 by Leckenby^ as Cycadites zamioides. and subsequently transferred 



Fig; 802. Elatocladus plana. (Specimens figured by Feistmantel 



as Taxites planus ; nat. size. ) 



to Taxites*. The type-specimen, in the Sedgwick Museum, Cam- 

 bridge, consists of a slender axis bearing two-ranked spirally 



» HaUe (132) p. ge^ pi. yni. = Stirling (00) PI. in. figs. 8, 9. 

 ? Leckenby (64) A. p. 77, PI. vin. fig. 1. 

 « Seward (00) B. p. 300, PI. x. fig. 5. 



