784 MR ROBERT KTDSTON ON THE FOSSIL PLANTS OF 



Locality A. — Byre Burn, underneath railway viaduct near Gilnockie railway 

 station. In clayey sandy shale. 



Locality B. — Byre Burn, about 300 yards above junction with river Esk. In soft 

 grey shale. 



Locality C. — Bed in stream a few yards above bridge at foot of Byre Burn. 



Horizon. — Dark shale band lying between the Three-quarter Coal and Main Coal 

 of Byreburn. 

 Locality D. — River Esk, left bank, about 30 yards below junction of Byre Burn, 

 and a short distance above old engine-house. 



Horizon. — Dark shale with ironstone band, lying between Three-quarter Coal 

 and Main Coal of Byreburn. Localities C and D are different portions of 

 the same band. 

 Locality E. — Eiver Esk, right bank, below junction of Byre Burn, almost opposite 

 Byreburn cottages. In soft shale. 



Locality F. — River Esk, left bank, about 240 yards below junction of Byre Burn. 

 In soft red-stained shale. 



Filicacese. 



Sphenopteris, Brongniart. 

 Sphenopteris obtusiloba, Brongt. 



Sphenopteris obtusiloba, Brongt., ante, p. 768. 



Locality A. 



Sphenopteris Laurentii, Andrse. 



1869. Sphenopteris Laurentii, Andrse, Vonoelt Pfianzen., p. 39, pi. xiii. tigs. 1-3. 



1886. Sphenopteris Laurentii, Zeiller, Flore foss. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 85, pi. vi. fig. 3, pi. ix. 



fig. 4. 

 1899. Sphenopteris (Renaidtia) Laurenti, Zeiller, Flore foss. d. bassin houil. d'Heraclee, p. 16, pi. i. 



fig. 16. 

 1883. Hapalopteris Laurentii, Stur, Morph. und Syst. d. Culm u. Carbon Fame, p. 32. 



1885. Hapalopteris Laurentii, Stur, Carbon-Flora d. Schatz. Schichten, vol. i. p. 36, pi. xliv. figs. 5-6. 

 1869. Sphenopteris stipulata, Andrea (non Gntbier'), Vonoelt Pfanzen., p. 40, pi. xiii. fig. 4. 



Locality D. 



Sphenopteris mixta, Schimper. 



1869. Sphenopteris mixta, Schimper, Traite d. paleont. veget., vol. i. p. 382. 



1870. Sphenopteris mixta, Lesqx., Qeol. Survey of Illin., vol. iv. p. 409, pi. xv. figs. 7-8. 

 1879. Sphenopteris mixta, Lesqx. (pars), Coal Flora, vol. i. p. 276 (non pi. liv. figs. 1-3). 



1886. Sphenopteris mixta, Zeiller, Flore foss. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 95, pi. xii. fig. 3. 

 1889. Sphenopteris mixta, Kidston, Trans. Roy. Soe. Edin., vol. xxxv. p. 405. 



