348 OLDER MESOZOIC FLORAS OF UNITED STATES. 
The plant previously known that is perhaps nearest to this is the 
sterile form of Pecopteris lobata Oldh., of the Rajmahal flora.’ The 
enlarged pinnules on pl. xxx, of Oldham and Morris, allowing for. 
their evident distortion, are much like those of the Oroville fossils. 
At the same time the density of the lobes and pinnules in the ultimate 
pinne, the shape of the ultimate pinne, their close position, and mode 
of insertion, are much like features shown in the plant from Oroville. 
The Indian plant is mostly fructified, but this feature is wanting in 
the fossil now being described. While these points show thatthe 
two are probably near together, it seems the better usage, in the case 
of plants growing in regions as far apart, and in the absence of 
stronger proof of identity, to regard them as distinct species. Clado- 
phlebis densifolia is found at the locality ‘‘Bank of Feather River, 
one-half mile south of the Banner mine.” 
CLADOPHLEBIS INDICA (Oldham and Morris) Fontaine? 
Pl. LI, Fig. 1. 
1862. Pecopteris (Alethopteris) indica Oldh. and Morr.: Paleeontologia Indica, Ser. II. 
Foss. Fl. Gondw. Syst., Vol. I, Pt. I, Foss. Fl. Rajmahal Series, p. 47, 
pl. xxvii. ; 
1869. Alethopteris indica (Oldh. and Morr.) Schimp.: Traité de Pal. Vég., Vol. I, p. 568. 
1896. Cladophlebis indica (Oldh. and Morr.) Font.?: Am. Jour. Sci., 4th Ser., Vol. IT, 
p. 274. . 
A single specimen was obtained from the locality: ‘‘In the bed of a 
ravine that leads from the Banner mine,” etc., of a fern that seems 
identical with the typical Pecopteris indica’? of Oldham and Morris, 
from the Rajmahal series of India. It is especially like fig, 1 of pl. 
xxvii of the Fossil Flora of the Rajmahal Series. The specimen is an 
imprint of the middle portion of an ultimate pinna that shows several 
pinnules. These are united at the base. They are pretty large, and 
show little diminution in width from their bases to their tips. They 
are strongly falcate, but show no nerves, except a pretty strong mid- 
rib. There is not enough material to permit a positive identification 
of this species to be made. 
Genus TAXNIOPTERIS Brongniart. 
TZ NIOPTERIS OROVILLENSIS Fontaine. 
PL. LIl, Figs. 2-4. 
1896. Teniopteris orovillensis Font.: Am. Jour. Sci., 4th Ser., Vol. II, p. 274. 
The fronds vary in(length}trom lto4dem. The maximum length 
seen is 13 cm. on fragments of fronds. The largest were probably at 
1 Fossil Flora of the Rajmahal Series, p. 52, pl. xxviii, fig. 1; pl. xxix; pl. xxx. 
2Op. cit., p. 47, pl. xxvii. 
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