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and larger examples being referred to a sub-genus Eury-Cycadolepis. 1 

 Xone were found in connexion with stems. Additional examples 

 of these scales were figured in an account of the Uitenhage Flora 

 of Cape Colony. 2 Tbe Dawson Collection includes several specimens 

 of Eury-Cycadolepis, which supply some fresh information as to 

 these curious organs. 



Fig. 6. — Eury-Cycadolepis sp. A Sf B= Casts of stems with 

 scales (S). (Half of the natural size.) 



The following descriptions are given, in the hope that further 

 search may lead to the discovery of specimens which will afford 

 more decisive evidence as to the morphology of the scales : — 



PL XII, fig. 3 a. This small scale, superficially recalling the 

 test of a Terebratula, is covered at tbe narrow end with a fairly 

 thick layer of coal which on magnification (fig. 3b) shows numerous 

 striations roughly parallel to its long axis. Below the coal (fig. 3c) 

 is a reticulate pattern on which are superposed longitudinal 

 striations similar to those on the carbonized surface. 



Seward (95) p. 96. 



Seward (03) pp. 31-32. 



