266 MR. K. H. G00DE ON THE FOSSIL FLORA OF [June I913, 



Diagnosis. — Pinnules smooth, ]arge, 65 to 70 mm. long, 20 to 

 25 mm. wide, ovate-lanceolate, margins undulating but roughly 

 parallel for about half the length of the pinnule; the upper half 

 of the pinnule is slightly bent and acuminate. The median nerve 

 disappears at about half the length of the pinnule, and divides into 

 secondary nerves. Secondary nerves numerous, fine, arising at 

 acute angles, much arched, dividing repeatedly in their path to 

 the margin of the pinnule and anastomosing between themselves 

 to form a network with numerous, elongate, straight, or slightly 

 arched meshes, which gradually become smaller towards the 

 margin of the pinnule. The number of meshes between the median 

 nerve and the edge of the pinnule is usually about six. 



Just as Linopteris sub-brongniarti Grand 'Eury resembles Neuro- 

 pteris gigantea Sternb., and L. miinsteri (Eicbw.) resembles N. hetero- 

 pliylla Brongn., so L. major resembles N. scheucJizeri Hoffm., with 

 the exception that hairs, which are so characteristic of the latter 

 species, are absent. 



Lepidophtllem mines, sp. nov. (PI. XXVIII, figs. 3 & 5.) 



Horizon. — Pennant Grit (?). 



Locality. — Rickets Head Vein, Packets Head. 



This type of sporangiophore is not a new one, but has previously 

 been referred to as Lepidophyllum sp. As it seems to merit a name 

 of its own, I have ventured to call it L. minus. 



Diagnosi s. — Lamina sagittate, th e inferior angles being inflected 

 at the base, wider at the base than the pedicel of the sporangio- 

 phore at its summit, 6 to 9 mm. long, 5 to 7 mm. wide at the base ; 

 apex acute, provided with a median nerve which is more clearly 

 marked on the dorsal surface. Pedicel of sporangiophore cuneiform, 

 5 to 7 mm. long, 2 to 3 mm. wide at the summit, provided with 

 a median nerve. In the inferior portion of the sporangiophore 

 only the pedicel is usually present ; but sometimes, also, there is an 

 elongated area on each side of the pedicel which may be the walls 

 of a sporangium that has become adpressed to the pedicel. 



L. minus is conspicuously smaller than L. triangulare 1 Zeiller. 



Vetacapsela minima, sp. nov. (PI. XXX, fig. 3.) 



Horizon. — Lower Coal Series. 



Locality. — Bridge Patch (above the Fiddler's Vein), between 

 "Wiseman's Bridge and Amroth. 



With regard to this species, Dr. L. 3Ioysey says : — 



' A very small specimen of Vetacapsula flattened on the surface of a piece of 

 dark carbonaceous shale, showing a long, relatively broad pedicel, 2 mm. in 



* Zeiller (1886) pi. lxxvii, figs. 4-6 ; id. (1888) pp. 508-509 ; Arber (1910) 

 p. 149 & pi. xvi, fig. 3. 



