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diagnosis. The close agreement between the Englisli specimens 

 and some of the larger fossils referred hy Fontaine, in. his 

 2I(mograpli of tlw Pntoiiinc Flora, to the genus Nageiopsis, leads 

 nie to adopt this name, although it is not improbable that the 

 genus Arauearia may prove to be the nearest li\-in.g representative. 

 A specimen of similar form to that from the Inferior Oolite of 

 Yorkshire has been described from the Wealden beds of Sussex,' 

 but the two tj-pes are probably not specifically identical. 



One of the Whitby specimens (2377) bears a label on which is 

 written "Probably the leaves oi Araucarin Phillipsi." jSTathorst, 

 in his notes on English specimens, refers to what is probably the 

 same plant ; he speaks of fragments of branches in the Whitby 



Fig. 51. — Nngeiop.iis iiiir/Hcn, sp. iii«'. (f nat. size.) From a specimen in tlie 

 "Whitliy Museum (Xo. 250;)). 



Museum resembling Arituciiria (sect. CoJumhea), in appearance like 

 Zdiiiifes, but in their branched form resembling Araucarin 

 BifhciUi, Hook.- 



Without more evidence we cannot decide definitely between the 

 Podocaqieo3 and Araucariinse as the family in which to include 

 the vegetative shoots referred to the genus Nageiopsis, but on the 

 whole tlie comparison with Arauearia is more likely to be nearer 

 the truth. 



The English specimens, which I have described for the sake of 

 convenience under a distinct specific name, may prove to be 



1 Seward (9.')), p. 211, pi. xii. fig. 3. 

 "■ Xathiirst (80'), p. 73. 



