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under water, possess stomata. It is probable that in Lycopodites 

 lanceolatus the leaves had a very thin lamina and may have 

 been similar in structure to those of recent Mosses ; the plant 

 possibly lived in very humid situations or grew submerged. 

 Miss SoUas's investigations afford a satisfactory demonstration 

 of the lycopodiaceous nature of this small Rhaetic species: as 

 I have elsewhere suggested^, the generic name Lycopodites should 

 be substituted for that of Naiadita. Examples of this species 

 may be seen in the British Museum. 



The Rhaetic species from Scania, Lycopodites scanicus Nath.^ 

 {in litt.), recently re-described by Halle and originally referred 

 by Nathorst to Gleichenia affords another example of the 

 occurrence of a small herbaceous lycopod of Rhaetic age. 



Fig. 137. Lycopodites falcatus L. and H. From the Inferior Oolite of York- 

 shire. (Nat. size. M.S.) 



Lycopodites falcatus Lind. and Hutt. Fig. 137. 



1831 Lycopodites falcatus, Lindley and HuttonS. 

 1838 Musettes falcatus, Sternberg*. 

 1870 Lycopodium falcatnm, Schimper^. 



In 1822 Young and Bird« figured a specimen from the 



1 Seward (04) p. 14. ^ Halle (07) p. 14, PI. m. figs. 6—12. 



3 Lindley and Button (31) A. PI. lxi. * Sternberg (38) A. p. 38. 



" Sohimper (70) A. p. 9. « Young and Bird (22) A. PI. ii. fig. 7. 



