WHLIAMSONIA, 



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I tope to describe elsewtere, and in more detail, the 

 •structure of this Indian fossil, wliieli is of considerable interest 

 as throwing light on the nature of the stems which bore some 

 of the best known Cycadean fronds. Before describing the 

 English specimens of Williamsonia peeten, a brief account may be 



Fig. 31. — ' Pterophylhim Hffidum,' And. (= ? Williamsonia peeten), from 

 Steierdorf, Banat. From a specimen in the British Museum. No. 41,438. 



•given of a few foreign examples, which are of importance as 

 affording evidence in favour of the close similarity or identity of 

 the Yorkshire species and well-known types of fronds from India 

 -and Austria. 



Text-fig. 31. 



The figure represents a small piece of a frond from Steierdorf 

 jiamed by Andrae PteropJiyllum rigidum ; ' it has the same form as 



Pig. 32. — ' Ftiloph/lhm cittehense,'' Morr., from the Rajmahal Hills, India. 

 B. Basal pinnse. No. V. 2609«. 

 A. Larger pinnae (slightly enlarged). No. V. 2609. 



' Andrae (53), pi. xi. fig. 42. 



