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reticulata Lesqx., # which differs from the type in that the longitudinal striae are long 

 and continuous and not broken up into short, irregular, tlexuous striations to form a 

 reticulum. This author also mentions that on his specimen the area below the leaf 

 scars is devoid of transverse bars. 



It seems to me possible that the example figured by Mons. l'Abbe Carpentier 

 may be specifically distinct from Sigillaria reticulata Lesqx. His specimen appears 

 to show some similarity to the Sigillaria Jissa Lesqx. t 



As already pointed out by Zeiller, in his subsequent work Lesquereux included 

 under the name of Sigillaria reticulata another species which is specifically 'distinct 

 from that to which he originally applied the name. The plant represented in the 

 Coal Flora, pi. lxxiii, fig. 19, which has been refigured in the 13^/i Ann. Rept. 

 of Indiana, 1883, pi. xx, fig. 6, is essentially distinct from that originally described 

 as Sigillaria reticulata, and is easily distinguished by its closer leaf scars, but above 

 all by the ornamentation of the cortex, which consists of a series of transverse lines. 



Locality. — Roadside, 120 yards N.E. of Furnace Mill, | mile N.W. of Wyre Forest 

 Station, near Cleobury Mortimer. 



Horizon. — Westphalian Series. (Pr. 1416.) 



Lepidophloios acerosus L. & H. sp. 

 PI. II, fig. 5. 



1831. Lepidodendron acerosum, L. & H., Fossil Flora, vol. i, pi. vii, fig. 1, pi. viii. 



1893. Lepidophloios acerosus, Kidston, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. xxxvii, p. 558, pi. i, figs. 1, la; 



pi. ii, fig. 9. 

 1910. ,, ,, Renier, Paleontologie, pi. viii, a (Ipars). 



1914. ,, ,, Arber, Phil. Trans., ser. B, vol. cciv, p. 396, pi. xxviii, fig. 20. 



1854. Lepidodendron brevifolium, Ett., Steinhf. v. Badnitz, p. 53, pi. xxiv, figs. 4 and 5; pi. xxv ; 



pi. xxvi, fig. 3. 

 1869. (?) Lepidodendron dichotomum, Roehl (pars) (non Sternb.), Foss. Flora d. Steink. Form. Westph., 



p. 125, pi. xi. fig. 2. 

 1862. Lepidophloios laricinum, Goldenburg (non Sternb.) (pars), Flora Sarsep. foss., Heft iii, pp. 32, 34, 



pi. xv, fig. 9. 

 1869. (?) Lepidofloios laricinus, Roehl (pars), Foss. Flora d. Steink. Form. Westph., p. 150, pi. xxviii, 



fig. 9.' 

 1862. Lepidophloyos macrolepidotum, Goldenberg (pars), Flora Sarsep. foss., Heft iii, pi. xv, fig. 9. 

 1837. Lepidostrobus pinaster, L. & H., Fossil Flora, vol. iii, pi. cxcviii. 

 1910. Lepidophloios scoticus, Renier (non Kidston), Paleontologie, pi. xi. 



Remarks. — Part of a small specimen enlarged two times is given on PI. II, fig. 5, 

 as it shows very clearly the form of the leaf bases of this species, which, though 

 fairly common, frequently suffers considerably from pressure. 



The leaf bases are comparatively long, with the lower part of the sides almost 



* "Contribution a l'etude du Carbonifere du Nord de la France," Mem. Soc. Geol. du Nord, vol. vii, part ii, 

 p. 733, pi. vi, fig. 9, 1913. 



t Lesquereux, Geol. of Pennsyl., vol. ii, part ii, p. 871, pi. xiii, fig. 4 ; Coal Flora, p. 470, pi. lxxiii, fig. 17. 



