S60 MR ROBERT KIDSTON ON 



Lower Coal Measures. 

 Scotland : — 



Clackmannanshire. — Furnace Bank Col., Old Sauchie. Hor. (?) 

 „ Devonside, Tillicoultry. Hor. (?) 



„ Tullygarth Pit, Clackmannan. Hor. (?) 



Lanarkshire. — Foxley, near Glasgow. Hor. Kiltongue Coal. (R. Dunlop.) 

 ,, Pit near Coatbridge. Hor. Lower Drumgray Coal. 



„ Calderbank. Hor. Kiltongue Coal. 



Fife.— Dysart. Hor. (?) 



Ayrshire. — Bonnyton Pit, Kilmarnock. Hor. Whistler Seam. (A. Sinclair.) 

 „ Woodhill Pit, Kilmaurs. Hor. Durroch Coal. 



England : — 



Durham. — Bensham Col. Hor. Bensham Seam. 



South Shields. Hor. (?) 

 Lancashire. — Old Meadows Pit, Bacup. Hor. Gannister Mine. 

 Yorkshire. — Bradshaw, Halifax. Hor. Hard Bed Coal. (J. Spencer.) 



(?) Lepidophloios macrolepidotus, Goldenberg. 



1855. Lomatophloios macrolepidotum, Goldenberg. Flora Sarcep. foss., heft. i. p. 22. 



1862. Lepidophloios macrolepidotum,, Goldenberg. Ibid., heft. iii. p. 37, pi. xiv. fig. 25. 



1870. Lepidophloios macrolepidotus, Schimper. Traite d. paleont. veget., vol. ii. p. 52. 



1882. Lepidophloios macrolepidotus, Renault (in part). Cours d. botan. foss., vol. ii. p. 45, pi. ix. fig. 2. 



Specific Characters. — Leaf-cushions rhomboidal, broader than long, very slightly 

 keeled ; leaf-scar (according to Goldenberg) at the summit of the downward directed 

 cushion, transversely rhomboidal, lateral angles acute, upper angle rounded, lower angle 

 rounded or acute, cicatricules three, punctiform. 



Remarks. — Of this species I have very little experience. The only specimen I have 

 seen which I could refer to Lepidophloios macrolepidotus was communicated to me by 

 Mr H. M. Cadell. It agrees tolerably well with Goldenberg's figure, which, however, 

 possesses little character, except in size, to distinguish it from Lepidophloios laricinus. 



Goldenberg believed his plant was similar to the Ulodendron majus, L. and H., but 

 this view I cannot accept. 



In regard to the specimen I place under Goldenberg's name, I am not absolutely 

 certain that it should be referred to his species, still there is no point by which I can 

 separate it. My specimen is unfortunately not very well preserved ; but it is evidently 

 neither of the three species already mentioned in this paper ; until, therefore, better 

 examples are secured, the occurrence of Lepidophloios macrolepidotus in Britain must 

 remain doubtful. 



