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heights on the cone, of megasporangia and microsporangia, as evidenced by the occur- 

 rence of the two forms of spores, is an interesting character of this cone. 



This species, which was collected by Mr H. W. Hughes, has not previously been 

 recorded in Britain. 



Horizon and Locality. — Roof of Neiv Mine Coal: Clattershall Colliery, Brettell 

 Lane. 



Calamostachys sp. 



Among some specimens found at Netherton were fragments of a small Calamostachys. 

 None of the cones were complete, they are only 2 5 mm. broad, including the 

 spread of the arcuate bracts, and the internodes are about 1 mm. long. The bracts 

 bend gently upwards, and are rather more than one internode long. It is larger than 

 the Calamostachys ? nana Weiss, # and does not appear to belong to any known 

 species ; but the material is too fragmentary for a satisfactory description. 



The specimens were collected by Mr H. W. Hughes. 



Horizon and Locality. — Between Fireclay Coal and Bottom Coal: Doulton's 

 Clay Pit, Netherton, near Dudley. (K. No. 4620.) 



Calamostachys sp. 



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

 Coseley, near Dudley. (K. No. 824.) 



Palseostachya Weiss. 



Palseostachya Ettingshauseni Kidston. 



PL IX. figs. 3, 3o-3c. 



1854. Calamites cummunis, Ett. (pars), Steinlwhlenf. v. Radnitz, p. 24, pi. viii. figs. 1 and 4. 



1869. Volkmannia elongata, Roehl (non Presl), Foss. Flora Steink.-Form. Westph., p. 19, pi. vii. fig. 1. 



1869. Calamostachys typiea, Schimper (pars), Trait'e d. paleont. veget., vol. i. p. 328 (pi. xxiii. fig. i.?), 



vol. iii. p. 457. 

 1890. ,, ,, Kidston, Trans. York. Nat. Union, pp. 14, 23. 



1909. Calamostachys ? typiea, Arber, Fossil Plants, p. 74, fig. 57. 

 1884. Calamostachys Ludwiyi, Weiss (pars), Steinkohlen Calamarien, part ii. p. 163, pi. xviii. fig. 2 



(non pi. xxii. figs. 1-8, pi. xxiii., pi. xxiv.). 

 1903. Paleeostachya Ettingshauseni, Kidston, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. xl. part iv. p. 794. 

 1911. „ ,, Jongmans, Anleitung, vol. i. p. 327, figs. 284-286. 



1887. Calamites Sachsei, Stur (pars), Calamarien d. Schatz. Schichten, pp. 188, 189, pi. ii. fig. 7, 



pi. xi. fig. 7. 



Description. — Cone cylindrical, short-stalked, verticillate, apparently only four 

 in each whorl, the panicle ending in a terminal cone ; cones attaining a length of 

 7 cm. with a width of 80 mm. Internodes short, about 3. mm. long; bracts arcuate, 



* Steinkohlen Calamarien, Heft ii. p. 175, pi. xxi. fig. 10. 



