XX INTRODUCTION. 



In a paper by Hosius and Von der Marck, published in the 

 PateontograpHoa for 1879-1880, a number of plants are figured 

 and described from the Westphalian Chalk formation; the 

 following species are mentioned from the Lower Gault and 

 Neocomian' : — 



Lonchopterisrecentior, Scheiik= Weich- 



selia Mantelli (Brong.) . 

 Clathraria galtiana, Hos. and V. d. M. 

 Megalozamia fa-lciformis, Hos. and Y. 



d. M. 

 Trotopteris punctata (Sternb.). 

 Weichselia Zudovicce, Stiehler = W. 



Mantelli (Brong.). 

 Zaecopteris Itumceri, Bch.&Oi'k^^Micro- 



dictyon Bunkeri (Schenk). 

 Sagenopteris Neocomiensis, Hos. and 



V. d. M. 



Pterophyllum Germaria, E. v. Otto. 

 P. bleclmiforme, Hos. and V. d. M. 

 P. Saxonicum, Eeich. 

 Pioonites aiietinus, Miguel. 

 Podozamates cequalis, Miguel. 

 Zamites iiurgensis, Hos. and V. d. M. 

 Z. neivosus, Schenk. 

 Abietites LinJiii, Eoem. 

 SphenoUpis Sternhergiana, Schenk. 

 S. Kurriana ? Schenk. 

 Pitcairnia primceva, Hos. and V. d. M. 



In a later communication from the same authors Finus Quenstedti, 

 Heer, is added to the list of Neooomian plants from "Westphalia.^ 



A number of distinctly Wealden plants has been recorded 

 from strata in the neighbourhood of Q,uedlinburg, on the northern 

 side of the Hartz Mountains ; these beds are spoken of as Lower 

 Quadersandstone and " Hilssandstein." The following species are 

 given by Schulze ^ : — 



Aleihopteris cycadina^ Schenk. 

 Ji. revohita. 



Matonidium Gbpperti, Schenk. 

 Gleichenia, cf. rotula, Hr. 

 G. cf. giesokiana, Hr. 

 Cf . Lcmchopteris Mantelli^ Brong. = 

 Weichselia Mantelli (Brong.). 



Pteridophyllum fastigiatum, Schulze. 



Zamites, sp. 



Cf . Sequoia falcifolia, Eoemer, sp. = 



SphenoUpis Sternbergiana, Schenk. 

 Sphenolepis imbiicata, Koemer, sp. = 



S. Kurriana, Schenk. 



1 Palaeontographica, vol. xxvi. 1880, pp. 201 et seq. 



2 Ibid. vol. xxxi. 1885, p. 231. 



2 Flor. subhercyn. Kreid. pp. 10 ei seq. 



