322 MR ROBERT KIDSTON ON THE FOSSIL PLANTS OF THE 



In the specimen given (Plate I. fig. 1) the pinnules are slightly larger than usual, and 

 this character I noticed on several of the Kilmarnock specimens. They differ, however, 

 in no other respect from the typical form of the species. 



Sphenopteris obtusiloba is not uncommon in the Lower Coal Measures, and also 

 occurs in the Middle Coal Measures of England. The small specimens usually found give 

 no idea of the beauty or size attained by this species. Some excellent examples were 

 secured by Mons. Zeiller from the coal field of Valenciennes. 



The specimen figured was received from the Kev. D. Landsborough. 



Locality. — Grange Colliery, Kilmarnock. 

 Horizon. — Shale over Stranger Coal. 



Locality. — No. 3 Pit, Springhill, Crosshouse. 

 Horizon. — Shale over Major Coal. 



Sphenopteris latifolia, Brongt. 



■Sphenopteris latifolia, Brongt., Hist. d. veget. foss., p. 205, pi. lvii. figs. 1-4. (Excl. syn. Filiates muri- 



catus.) 

 Sphenopteris latifolia, Gopp, Gatt. d. foss. Pflanzen, Lief 3, 4, p. 74, pi. xiv. figs. 5, 6. 

 Sphenopteris latifolia, "Weiss, Aus. d. Steink., p. 14, pi. xii. figs. 80, 80a, 1882. 

 Diplothmema latifolium, Stur, Carbon. Flora, i. p. 361 (? pi. xxvi. figs. 1, 2). 

 Mariopteris latifolia, Zeiller, Bull. Soc. Geol. d. France, 3 e ser., vol. vii. pp. 92, 99, pi. vi. 

 Mariopteris latifolia, Renault, Cours d. botan. foss., vol. iii. p. 195, pi. xxi. figs. 16, 17. 

 Mariopteris latifolia, Zeiller, Flore foss. d. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 161, pi. xvii. figs. 1, 2; pi. xviii. 



fig. 1. 

 Diplothmema Belgicum, Stur, Zur. Morph. u. Syst. d. Culm u. Carb. Fame, pp. 195, 199, fig. 42a. 

 Diplothmema Belgicum, Stur, Carbon. Flora, vol. i. p. 406, pi. xviii. figs. 1, 2, 7, 8. 



Note. — Not common. 



Locality. — Grange Colliery, Kilmarnock. 



Horizon. — Shale over Stranger Coal. 

 Locality. — Galston. 



Horizon. — (V) 



(?) Sphenopteris spinosa, Gopp. 



Sphenopteris spinosa, Gopp., Genre d. plant, foss., parts iii. iv. p. 70, pi. xii. 

 Sphenopteris spinosa, Zeiller, Flore foss. d. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 135, pi. xv. figs. 1-3. 

 Diplothmema spinosum, Stur, Carb. Flora, vol. i. p. 312, pi. xxviii. figs. 7, 8. 

 Sphenopteris palmata, Schimper, Traite d. paleont. veget., vol. i. p. 388, pi. xxviii. fig. 1. 

 Diplothmema pahnatum, Stur, ibid., vol. i. p. 310, pi. xxvii. fig. 3. 



Remarks. — Only one specimen of this species has been found, which is the first 

 record of it for Scotland. 



Locality. — Grange Colliery, Kilmarnock. 

 Horizon. — Shale over Stranger Coal. 



