134 DR ROBERT KIDSTON ON THE 



Lepidodendron simile Kidston. 



1911. Lepidodendron simile, Kidston, Mem. Musee roy. d'hist. nat. de Belgique, vol. iv. p. 137. 



1837. Lepidodendron elegans, Brongt. (non Sternb.), Hist. d. vegef. foss., vol. ii. p. 35, pi. xiv. 



1880. Lepidodendron lycopodioides, Zeiller (non Sternb.), Veget.foss. d. terr. houil. de la France, p. 3, 



pi. clxxi. 

 1882. ,, „ Renault (non Sternb.), Cows d. bota?i. foss., vol. ii. p. 14, pi. v. 



% 8. 

 1886. „ ,, Zeiller (non Sternb.), Flore foss. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 464, 



pi. lxix. figs. 2, 3, pi. lxx. fig. 1. 



Note. — Rare. 



Horizons and Localities. — 



Roof of New Mine Coal: Merryhill Colliery, Brierley Hill. 

 Shale overlying Pont Hill Trap (probably corresponding in position to shales 

 lying between the Fireclay Coal and the Bottom Coal) : Bentley Quarry, 

 Walsall. Collected by Mr S. Priest. 



Lepidodendron aculeatum Sternb. 



1820. Lepidodendron aculeatum, Sternb., Essai flore monde prim., vol. i. fasc. i. pp. 21 and 25, pi. vi. 



fig. 2, pi. viii. fig. 1b, a, b ; fasc. ii. p. 28, pi. xiv. figs. 1-4 ; fasc. iv. 



p. 10. 

 1886. ,, ,, Zeiller, Veget.foss. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 435, pi. lxv. figs. 1-7. 



1858. Lepidodendron modulatum, Lesqx., in Rogers, Geol. of Pennsyl., vol. ii. p. 874, pi. xv. fig. 3. 



Note. — Common. 

 Horizons and Localities. — 



Blue Measures, six feet above Brooch Coal : Hamstead Colliery, Great Barr, 



near Birmingham. 

 Roof of Thick Coal : Bradley Colliery, Bilston ; Clayscroft Openwork, Coseley, 



near Dudley. 

 Below Thick Coal : Near Dudley. 



Gubbin Ironstone : Himley ; Bilston ; Eagle Colliery, Old Hill ; Clayscroft 

 Openwork, Coseley, near Dudley. 



forma modulatum Lesqx., pro. sp. 

 Roof of New Mine Coal: Doulton's Clay Pit, Netherton, near Dudley. 



Lepidodendron obovatum Sternb. 



1820. Lepidodendron obovatum, Sternb., Essai flore monde prim., vol. i. fasc. i. pp. 21 and 25, pi. vi. 



fig. 1, pi. viii. fig. 1a, a, b ; fasc. iv. p. 10. 

 1886. ,, ,, Zeiller, Flore foss. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 442, pi. Ixvi. figs. 1-8. 



1858. Lepidodendron clypeatum, Lesqx., in Rogers, Geol. of Pennsyl., p. 875, pl. xv. fig. 5, 

 pi. xvi. fig. 7. 



