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SCHIZONEURA GONDWANENSIS. 



293 



As already pointed out', some of the specimens of flat and 

 broader stems referred by Feistmantei to Schizonevra are 



Fig. 69. Schizoneura gondwanensis Feist, 

 duced. ) 



(After Feistmantei; slightly re- 



identical in appearance with stems which have been described 

 from India and elsewhere as species of Phyllotheca. 



There are a few specimens of 8. gondwanensis in the 

 British Museum, but the genus is poorly represented in Euro- 

 pean collections. 



A similar plant was described in 1844 by Schimper and 

 Mougeot" frqm the Bunter rocks of the Vosges as Schizo- 

 neura paradoxa. This species bears a very close resemblance 

 to the Indian forms, and indeed it is difficult to point to any 

 distinction of taxonomic importance. Feistmantei considers 

 1 ante, p. 284. ^ Sehimper and Mougeot (44) p. 50, Pis. xxiv. — xxvi. 



