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Asterophyllites Brongniart. 

 Asterophyllites equisetiformis Sohl., sp. 



1804. Schlotheim, Flora d. Vorwelt, p. 30, pi. i. figs. 1, 2; pi. ii. fig. 3. 



1820. Casuarinites equisetiformis, Schloth., Petrefactenkunde, p. 397. 



1828. Asterophyllites equisetiformis, Brongt., Prodrome, p. 158. 



1845. ,, ,, Gerniar, Vers. v. Wettin u. Lbbejun, p. 21, pi. viii. 



1886. ,, „ Zeiller, Flore foss. bassin houil. d. Valen., -p. 368, pi. lviii. figs. 1-7. 



1911. ,, ,, Jongmans, Anleitung, i. p. 204, figs. 163-168. 



1869. Galamocladus equisetiformis, Schimper, Traite d. paleont. vcget., vol. i. p. 324, pi. xxii. figs. 1, 2, 3. 



1836. Hippurites longifolia, L. ifc H., Fossil Flora, vol. iii. pis. cxc, cxci. 



1876. Calamostachys, Boulay, Terr, houil. du Nord de la France et ses vegetaux foss., p. 24, pi. i. 



figs. 2, 2 bis. 

 1876. Calamostachys germanica, Weiss, Steink. Galamar., part i. p. 47, pi. xvi. figs. 3, 4. 



Note. — -Very plentiful. Both sterile branchlets and cones. 

 Horizons and Localities. — 



Blue Measures, above Brooch Coal: Jubilee Pit, Sand well Park, West 



Bromwich ; Hamstead Colliery, Great Barr, near Birmingham. 

 Roof of Brooch Coal : Himley ; Shut End ; Pensnett ; Bilston ; Holly Hall, 



near Dudley. 

 Brooch Binds Ironstone : Pensnett. 

 Roof of Thick Coal: Bradley Colliery, Bilston. 

 Ten-foot Ironstone Measures : Clayscroft Openwork, Coseley, near Dudley ; 



Ettingshall. 

 Heathen Coal : Dudley. 

 Between Fireclay Coal and Bottom Coal : Doulton's Clay Pit, Netherton ; 



Ruiton, near Sedgley. 



Asterophyllites longifolius Sternb., sp. 



1826. Bruckmannia longifolia, Sternb., Essai fiore monde prim., vol. i. fasc. iv. p. xxix and p. 50, pi. 



lviii. fig. 1. 



1828. Asterophyllites longifolia, Brongt., Prodrome, p. 159. 

 1831. „ ,, L. & H., Fossil Flora, vol. i., pi. xviii. 



1888. Asterophyllites longifolius, Zeiller, Flore foss. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 374, pi. lix. fig. 3. 

 1911. ,, ,, Kidston, Mem. Musee roy. d'hist. nat. de Belgique, vol. iv. p. 118. 



1911. „ „ Jongmans, Anleitung, vol. i. p. 214, figs. 175-177. 



Note. — Very rare. 



Horizon and Locality. — Ten -foot Ironstone Measures: Clayscroft Openwork, 

 Coseley, near Dudley. 



Asterophyllites grandis Sternb., sp. 



1826. Bechera grandis, Sternb., Essai flore monde prim., vol. i. fasc. iv. pp. xxx and 46, pi. xlix. fig. 1. 

 1836. ,, ,, L. & H., Fossil Flora, vol. iii., pi. clxxiii. (non vol. i., pi. xix. fig. 1). 



1886. Asterophyllites grandis, Zeiller, Flore foss. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 376, pi. lix. figs. 4-7. 

 1911. ,, ,, Jongmans, Anleitung, vol. i. p. 224, tig. 185. 



