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ONTCHIOPSIS. 



of the repeatedly branched stem is covered with small scaly 

 structures, reminding one of the rhizome of the Hare's-foot fern. 

 Some of the specimens are larger than that shown in the Figure, 

 hut are not so clearly preserved ; in all cases there occur fragments 

 of 0. MantelU fronds in close association with the branched scaly 

 structures. Ecolesboume. Rufford Coll. 



Fig. 6 (V. 2189). Part of a rhizome of OnycMopsis MantelU. (Natural size.) 



V. 709. Eachis shown very clearly. Tilgate Forest. 



Pv/rchased. 



V. 723. This fragment looks very like the terminal portion of 

 a fertile frond or pinna. Cf. Tokoyama, loo. oit. pi. ii. fig. 4 

 (0. elongata). Ecclesboume. Rufford Coll. 



V. 1069(1. Distinct raohis. This specimen shows some pinnae 

 with long close-set pinnules very similar to those of 0. elongata. 

 Cf. V. 2371, PI. II. Fig. 3. Cf. Thyrsopteris micropliylla, 

 Fontaine, he. eit. pi. xlv. ; also T. sp., pi. xliii. Near Hastings. 



Rufford Coll. 



V. 1069J. Ehizome with associated fragments of pinnae. Eccles- 

 bourne. Rufford Coll. 



V. 2151a. Very similar to V. 2151, PI. III. Fig. 2. 



V. 2151S. Portion of a well-preserved frond. Ecclesboume. 



Rufford Coll. 



