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and Hutton gave the name Dictyophyllum. Among recent floras Miller cites that 

 of New Zealand, characterised by its wealth of ferns and forests of conifers, as most 

 closely resembling the Jurassic flora of Sutherland. 



The following is a list of the plants figured by Hugh Miller in The Testimony 

 of the Rocks ; the specimens, with one or two exceptions, are in the Royal Scottish 

 Museum : — 



References to figures in The 







Testimony of the Rocks. 







[Where Miller includes 



Remarks or identifications by 



Names under which the specimens 



more than one specimen 



Miller. 



are now described. 



under one figure, I refer 







to them as A, B, etc., 







reading from left to right.] 







Fig. 130, A-F, p. 472 



"Conifers." Miller speaks of several 



Fig. 130, A, Sphenolepidium sp., cf. 





distinct species, and compares some 



S. Kurrianum (Dunk.), § nat. size; 





with recent species of Araucaria 



Helmsdale. 



B, C, D, F, Elatides curvifolia (Dunk.) : 

 B, D, f nat. size ; C, F, slightly re- 

 duced ; Eathie (B) and Helmsdale 

 (C,D,F). 



E, Elatides Sternhergiana, § nat. size; 

 Eathie. 



Fig. 131, A, B . 





Fig. 131, A, Taxites Jeffreyi sp. no v., 



nat. size ; Eathie. 

 B, Elatides Sternhergiana [not in the 



collection]. 



Fig. 132 . 



" Sprig of a Conifer with four 



Masculostrobus sp. gen. nov., nat. size ; 





apparently embryo cones " 



Eathie. 



Fig. 133 . 



Zamia pectinata .... 



Pseudoctenis eathiensis (Rich.) gen. nov., 

 J nat. size ; Eathie. 



Fig. 134 . 



Zamia ...... 



Nilssonia orientalis Heer, -| nat. size ; 

 Helmsdale. 



Fig. 135 . 





Pseudoctenis eathiensis (Rich.), \ nat. 

 size ; Helmsdale. 



Fig. 136 . 



Zamia ...... 



Zamites Buchianus (Ett.), \ nat. size; 

 Helmsdale. 



Fig. 137 . 



Zamia ...... 



Zamites Carruthersi (Sew.), £ nat. size ; 

 Helmsdale. 



Fig. 138 . 



Cone ...... 



Williamsonia sp., ^ nat. size ; Eathie. 



lug. 139 . 



1 Cone 



Probably a piece of a partially preserved 

 coniferous stem, nat. size ; Eathie. 



Fig. 140, A, B . 





Fig. 140, A, Williamsonia pecten (Phill.), 

 slightly reduced ; Helmsdale. 



B, Nilssonia orientalis ? Heer, § nat. 

 size ; Helmsdale. 



Fig. 141, A-E . 



A, B, " simple fronds resembling 



Fig. 141, A, indeterminable; B, Nils 





those of the Hart's-tongue fern " 



sonia orientalis Heer, nat. size; Eathie. 

 C, Nilssonia orientalis Heer, f nat. size ; 

 Helmsdale. 





D, E, Glossoj>teris .... 



D, E, Sagenopteris Phillipsi (Brongn.), 

 •\ and § nat. size ; Helmsdale. 



Fig. 142 . 



Tseniopteris sp. . 



Nilssonia compta (Phill.) [Original not 

 found in the Edinburgh collection.] 



Fig. 143 . 



Pecopteris obfusifolia L. and H. 



Specimen very obscure. 



