104 prof. A. c. seward : contribution' to [March 1913, 



scales of Pinus coulter i Don and other recent species. There is, 

 however, no evidence as to the nature of the seeds ; and the 

 taxonoinic position of the species, whether a Conifer or a Cycad, 

 is still in doubt. The close resemblance in tbe form of the scales 

 to those of Androsirobus naihorsti Sew. 1 is worthy of remark, 

 although the habit of that species is a distinguishing feature. 



COXIFERALES. 



ARAUCARINEiE. 



Aratjcarites pippingeordensis (Ung.). 



(Fairlight Clay, Fairlight ; Dawson Coll.) 



1836. C A Cone of an unknown Species from Pippingford in Ashdown 



Forest': Fitton, Trans. Geol. Soc. ser. 2, vol. iv, pt. 2, p. 181 & pi. xxiL 

 fig. 10. 



1850. Zamiostrohus pipping fordensis linger, 'Gen. Spec. Plant. Foss.' p. 300. 



A comparison of the well-preserved impression in the Dawson 

 Collection with Unger's type-specimen in the British Museum 

 (Natural History) leads me to adopt his specific name. Mr. Car- 

 ruthers " substituted the genus Araucarites for Zamiostrobus, in 

 view of the very close resemblance of Unger's species to the 

 Jurassic A. sphcerocarpus Carr. and similar cones. 



This recently-acquired specimen is an impression of an almost 

 spherical cone (6x5 cm.) consisting of woody scales with rhom- 

 boidal distal ends, 9 mm. broad and 5 to 6 mm. deep, with a 

 transverse ridge extending over the exposed surface immediately 

 above a median oval scar or umbo. The Wealden cone previously 

 described as A. (Conites) sp. is no doubt a very closely- allied, if not 

 an identical, type. 3 



Aratjcarites sp. (PI. XII, fig. 5.) (Dawson Coll.) 



The cone-scale shown in PI. XII, fig. 5, may belong to A. pip- 

 ping fordensis. The form of the scale, which bears a single seed, 

 is very similar to that of other Araucarian cone-scales described 

 from American localities 4 : but it is futile to attempt an accurate 

 specific identification of imperfectly-preserved specimens of this 

 kind. The specimen is figured, in illustration of the occurrence of 

 an Araucarian scale rather larger than any hitherto recorded from 

 British Wealden localities. 



Abietine^. 

 Pinites solmsi Sew. (Rufford Coll.) 



1895. A. G. Seward, ' Wealden Flora' pt. 2, p. 196 & pi. xviii, figs. 2-3 ; pi. xix. 

 A specimen in the Rufford Collection (V 3695) is worthy of 



1 Seward (95) pi. is, fig. 1. "- Carruthers (69) p. 3. 



3 Seward (95) p. 191 & pi. xii. figs. 1-2. 



4 Ward (99) pi. clxiii ; Berry (ll 2 ) p. 399 & pi. lxxvii, fig. 5. 



