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EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 
[The figures are reproduced from photographs taken by Mr. Tams, Cambridge. | 
All the specimens are in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge. 
Fig. 1. Noeggerathiopsis Goepperti (Schmal.). (Slightly enlarged.) 
2. Noeggerathiopsis Goepperti (Schmal.). (Slightly reduced.) 
. Phyllotheca deliquescens (Goepp.). (Natural size.) 
. Sphenopteris polymorpha, Feist. (Slightly reduced.) 
. Sphenopteris polymorpha, Feist. (Slightly enlarged.) 
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Discussion. 
Dr. Branrorp expressed his satisfaction at hearing a paper read 
before the Society, in which the Paleozoic age of the Australian 
Coal-Measures was fully accepted on paleontological evidence. 
For many years the question had been debated, between McCoy 
backed by all the European paleontologists, Schimper among 
others, who declared that the Newcastle Beds of Australia weré 
