COLLECTED IN ESKDALE AND LIDDESDALE. 535 
tion of geologists to this plant, as more perfect specimens must be secured 
before it can be satisfactorily determined. 
Position and Locality—Glencartholm, Eskdale, in the Cement-stone group 
of the Calciferous Sandstone series. 
FILICACE.. 
SPHENOPTERIDE. 
Sphenopteris, Brongn. 
Sphenopteris linearis, Stern. 
Sphenopteris linearis, Brongn., Hist. d. végét. foss., p. 175, tab. liv. fig. 1. 
Lind. and Hut., Fossil Flora, pl. 230. 
Sternberg, Flora d. Vorw., tab. 42, f. 4. 
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htemarks.—A tew specimens of this fern occur in the collection. 
Position and Locality.—From the Cement-stone group of the Calciferous 
Sandstone series at Docken Beck, near Langholm; Tinnis Burn, near New 
Castleton, Liddesdale ; and Glencartholm, Eskdale. 
Sphenopteris furcata, Brongn. 
Sphenopteris furcata, Brongn., Hist. d. végét. foss., pl. xlix. figs. 4, 5. 
Geinitz, Steinkohlf. in Sachs, tab. xxiv. figs. 8-13. 
L. & H., Fossil Flora, pl. 181. 
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Remarks.—This fern occurs plentifully. 
The specimens agree more fully with Bronentart’s figure of this plant than 
with that of LinpLry and Hutton in their Fossi/ Flora, which appears to have 
been a less lax form. 
Position and Locality—From the Cement-stone group of the Calciferous 
Sandstone Series, foot of Tarras Water, Eskdale. 
Sphenopteris Geikiet, sp. nov., Kidston. 
Plate XXX. fig. 5, and Plate XX XI. fig. 9. 
Description.—Frond (?) bipinnate, narrow, linear, tapering suddenly to an 
acuminate point; pinne alternate, rhomboidal, narrow; pinnules finely 
divided into three or four narrow linear segments; nerves numerous. 
Remarks.—This fern can be at once distinguished by its narrow lanceolate 
form, and its much divided pinnze, composed of long narrow segments. 
As far as I am aware, there is no other fossil fern with which this species 
could be mistaken. 
Of the five specimens of this plant which have been obtained, that figured 
