10G0 DR R, KIDSTON, MR T. C. CANTRTLL, AND MR E. E. L. DIXON. 



by GEINITZ on his pi. xxi, fig. 25, * only a little smaller. The specimen figured 

 from the Radstock Coal Field t is more of the form of his fig. 23. The nucule of 

 this latter example lifts out of its matrix and shows its original lenticular form. 

 These isolated nucules have given rise to the creation of several species, and of such, 

 which are probably referable to Samaropsis Gutbieri, is the Cordaicarpus major of 

 Grand'Eury and Renault. 



Though the marginal wing of Samaropsis Gutbieri is narrower than on most 

 species of the genus, when the seeds are well preserved it is perfectly distinct and 

 morphologically similar to the wing of those Samaropsis on which it attains a 

 greater development. It seems, however, to have been little able to resist decay, so 

 that the seed is frequently represented by the nucule alone. 



Closely allied to Samaropsis Gutbieri, if not specifically identical, is one of the 

 specimens figured by Newberry under the name of Cardiocarpon bicuspidatum 

 (non Sternb.).j The wing is very slightly broader, but otherwise it agrees perfectly 

 with this species. 



Locality. — ? Railway cutting, 150 yards S.E. of North wood House, \ mile N. of 

 Bewdley. 



Horizon. — Westphalian Series. 



Carpolithes membranaceus Goppert. 



PL V, figs. 8 and 9, text-fig. 6. 



1848. "Saamen," Gipp., Holland. Preisschrift iiber SteinhMen, etc., p. 298, pi. xxii, fig. 32, A, B. 

 1848. Carpolithes membranaceus, Gopp., in Berger, Fructibus et seminibus, p. 25, pi. ii, figs. 19, 20a, 20/;. 

 1864. ,, ,, Gopp., Foss. Flora perm. Form., p. 178, pi. xxix, figs. 19-21. 



1872. Rhahdocarpus (?) ouoiduus, Weiss (non Go pp.) (pars), Foss. Flora d. jiingst. Steink. u. Rothl., 



p. 206, pi. xviii, figs. 10-12; (?) figs. 13, 14; fig. 18; (?) fig. 21. 

 1872. Rhabdocarpus disciformis, Weiss (non Sternb.) (pars), ibid., p. 205, pi. xviii, fig. 16. 

 1903. Cordaicarpus Cordai, Kidston (non Geinitz), Canonbie, Trans. Roy. Soc. Kdin., vol. xl, p. 800, 



pi. i, fig. 7. 



1911. ,, ,, Kidston (non Geinitz) (pars), "Veget. houil. Hainaut Beige," Mem. Musie 



roy. d'hist. nat. de Belgique, vol. v, p. 240, pi. v, fig. 2 ; pi. ix, fig. 3. 



1912. Cardiocarpus Cordai, Vernon (non Geinitz), Trans. Geol. Soc. London, vol. lxviii, p. 622, 



pi. lviii, fig. 7. 

 1914. Cordaicarpus Cordai, Arber (non Geinitz), Ann. of Bot., vol. xxviii, p. 100, pi. vii, fig. 29. 

 1883. Carpolithes ovoideus, Kidston (noti Gopp. and Berger), Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. xxxiii, p. 404. 

 1888. ,, ,, Kidston (non Gopp. and Berger), ibid., vol. xxxv. p. 330, plate, fig. 8. 



1902. „ ,, Kidston (non Gopp. and Berger), Proc. Yorte. Geol. and Polyteeh. Soc, 



vol. xiv, part iii, p. 367, pi. lii, fig. 1. 

 1 9 i 4 . ,, „ Kidston (non Gopp. and Berger), S. Staffordsbire, Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., 



vol. 1, p. 157. 

 1914. Cordaicarpus ovoideus, Arber (non Gopp. and Berger), Ann. of Rot., vol. xxviii, p. 100, pi. vii, 



fig 30. 



* Geinitz, Vers, de Steinkf. in Sachsen. 



t Trans. Roy. Soc. Edin., vol. xxxiii, pi. xxiii, tig. 5. 



| Geol. Survey of Ohio, vol. i, part ii, " Palaeont.," section iii, p. 373, pi. xliii, fig. 9 (non ?9a), 1873. 



