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scribed by Potonie\ appears to require confirmation ^ but if this 

 author is correct the connexion demonstrates the continuity of 

 Bothrodendron shoots and Stigmaria-like subterranean organs. 

 The specimens described from South Africa, from strata which 

 may be correlated with the Upper or possibly with the Lower 

 Carboniferous series of Europe, as Bothrodendron Leslei' in all 

 probability represents a species closely allied to the Irish and 

 Bear Island type. Bothrodendron Leslei named after Mr Leslie 

 whose discoveries in the Carboniferous Sandstone of Vereenig- 





Fio. 21i. Bothrodendron Leslei Seward. 

 h. Natural size, 

 a, c. Slightly enlarged. 



ing (Transvaal) have added considerably to our knowledge of 

 the South African Palaeozoic types, is represented by imper- 

 fectly preserved casts characterised by more or less circular 

 scars displaying the same irregularity of arrangement as 

 in Bothrodendron kiltorkense. The leaf-scars appear to 



1 Potoni(5 (OP) figs. 25—27. '^ Nathorst (02) p. 35. 



3 Seward (03) PI. xi. figs. 1—6, p. 87 ; Arber (05) p. 166. 



