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6. Barro Branco coal, Estrada Nova, near Minas ; about 175 me- 
ters above the granite, or 105 meters below the Iraty black shale. 
A hard fine-grained flinty clay filled with roots of the type tentatively 
referred to Vertebraria, in black carbonaceous residue. Lots 3922 
and 3589. 
7. About 10 meters above Rio Tubarao, near Minas; soft brown 
gritty micaceous shale with mostly commingled plant fragments, 
seeds, and Hastimima. Lot 3588. 
8. Treviso Road, near Minas; just above Orleans conglome. 
rate brown, micaceous, stiff sandy shale, with Gamgamopteris 
fragments and seeds. Lot 8587; collected by LKngineer Esdras 
do Prado Seixas. 
State of Rio Grande do Sul 
9. Roof of the Irapua coal, west of house of Doctor Barcellos 
near rio Irapua. The horizon of the Irapuéd coal is 135 meters below 
the Iraty black shale in the boring at Xarqueadas and about the same 
distance above the granite there, or, as identified in the Minas, Santa 
Catharina, region, about 165 meters above the granite. Soft white 
arkose, with brown carbonaceous remains of Glossopteris and 
Noeggerathiopsis; or bluish-brown micaceous shale with very fragmene 
tary macerated plant remains. Lot 3594. 
10. Roof of Sdo Jeronymo coal near Candiota. The Sao Jeronymo 
coal, correlated by Doctor White with the Barro Branco coal of Santa 
Catharina, lies about 20 meters above the Irapua coal mentioned 
under n. 9. Carbonized roots in light bluish, flinty fire-clay, and 
matted leaves of Noeggeratiophsis in brownish-black foliate shale. 
Lot 3924. 
44. Roof of the coal near Séo Jeronymo; about 20 meters above 
the lrapua coal, or about 120 meters below the Iraty black shale. Impure 
coal with bright jetty layers, the dull portions filled with woody and 
leaf fragments in charcoal. Lepidedrendon, Lepidophioios, and 
Lepidophytic ( Flemingites ) leaves. Lot 3593. 
42. So Jeronymo coal, 15 kilometers southweast from the Irapud 
locality on land of Sesmaria do tenente Ricardo. Impure coal with bright 
jetty layers, the dull portions consisting largely of natural charcoal from 
Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, etc. Lot 3594. 
