136 DR ROBERT KIDSTON ON THE 



LepidostrobuS Brongniart. 



Lepidostrobus variabilis L. & H. 



1831. Lepidostrobus variabilis, L. & H., Fossil Flora, pi. x., pi. xi. (fig. on right only). 



Remarks. — Very common in the ironstone nodules. 



The Lepidostrobus ornatus, L. & H., Fossil Flora, vol. i., pi. xxvi., can only be 

 regarded as a cone of the Lepidostrobus variabilis type preserved "in the round" in 

 ironstone uodules, where the distal portions of the bracts have decayed. Such specimens 

 are not uncommon at Coseley. The authors of the Fossil Flora evidently misinterpreted 

 their specimen. 



Horizons and Localities. — 



Blue Measures, above Brooch Coal : Hamstead Colliery, Great Barr, near 



Birmingham. 

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

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

 Dudley. 



Lepidostrobus Geinitzi Schimper. 



1855. Lepidostrobus variabilis, Geinitz (non L. & H.), Vers. d. Steinkf. in Sachsen, p. 50, pi. ii. figs. 



1, 3, 4. 



1869. „ „ Roehl {non L. & H.) (pars), Foss. Flora d. Steink.-Form. Westph., 



p. 142, pi. vii. fig. 2. 

 1875. ,, „ Feistmantel (non L. & H.) (pars), Vers. d. bohm. Ablager., part ii. p. 44, 



pi. xiv., pi. xv. figs. 1, 2. 



1870. Lepidostrobus Geinitzi, Schimper, Traite de paleont. veget., vol. ii. p. 62, pi. lxi. fig. 6 (fig. 7?). 



Excl. syn. L. comosus L. & H. 

 1886. ,, „ Zeiller, Flore foss. bassin houil. de Valen., p. 501, pi. lxxvi. fig. 2. 



1890. „ „ Renault, Flore foss. bassin houil. de Gommentry, part ii. p. 527, pi. lxi. 



figs. 5, 6. 



Horizon and Locality. — Blue Measures, six feet above Brooch Coal : Hamstead 

 Colliery, Great Barr, near Birmingham. Collected by Mr H. Insley. 



Lepidostrobus triangularis Zeiller, sp. 



1911. Lepidostrobus triangularis, Kidston, Mem. Musee roy. d'hist. not. de Belgique, vol. iv. p. 158. 

 1886. Lepidophyllum triangulare, Zeiller, Flore foss. bassin houil. d. Valen., p. 508, pi. lxxvii. 



figs. 4, 5. 

 1897. Lepidophyllum Pichleri, Kerner, Jahrb. d. k. k. Reiehsanst., Band xlvii. Heft ii. p. 383, pi. x. 



figs. 1, 2 ("Carbonflora d. Steinacherjoches "). 



Remarks. — This species is closely related to Lepidostrobus anthemis Konig, sp., # 

 the Lepidostrobus radians of Schimper,! and, if really distinct from it, differs only in 

 the sides of the bracts being perhaps somewhat more concave. 



* Icones fossilium sectiles, pi. xvi. tig. 200. t Traite d. paldont. vfyet., vol. ii. p. 63. 



