192 A FOSSIL PLANT FORMATION IN CENTRAL QUEENSLAND. — 
of these were to be seen near Narranderra and Moun-<ss,= 
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mation. At Smith’s Creek, in the locality of these rocks, coal- 
beds had been seen, but they had proved to be of very little value ; : 
still in some of these localities workable and valuable coal might 
be found, and therefore this subject became one of great import- 
ance as the e railways extended into the interior of the country. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 
Puate XI, 
Fig. 1. Portions of branches of Lepidod th half natural 
size. These exhibit the impressions of roan sealer like leaves tapering 
sharply to a point. 
Fig. 2. Cast of exterior of same enlarged, showing the leaf-scars. 
Fig. 3. Branch of same internal cast. The reniform tubercles are suc- 
ceeded by an eae leaf impression ; still this may not "long to the 
same a 
this specimen the a a rootlets are well seen at the 
Fig. 6. Internal pcm wil trunk of Lepidodendron ‘ gelllidenonai, half 
natural size. This n to belong to the same species, as it formed 
part of a ‘ales Bex had well defined leaf-scars. 
LATE XII. 
7. Calamites radiatus. Stem natural size, sh septa and con- 
“tiny of the vibe ae Ae 
eee! Cast of small trunk of Lepidodendron veltheimian’ 
I am 
to regard this asan relat cast, specter ot a it may be arexteenl 
a with faint impressions “ar leaf-scars. 
Stigmaria. Two-thirds natural size. This fragment lay in the — of 
@ root in the rock, subtending a ea — y of L. veltheimianu It 
was three times the length of the po 
Fig. 10, Stem of Commices ed wie halt ne natural size. This must have 
been an upper portion of a branch, = gg by the pei diataaiog "pebween 
the ies and diesstore: sts a large t 
