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Asterophyllites ovalis. Lesq. Geol. of Penn , 1858, Vol. 

 Xiii. ;,v I X./R58 2, page 851, plate 1, fig. 2; differing from xi. 

 Pl.i. crassicaulls by its slender stem, slender fur- 

 , /-/? rows, more numerous leaves, and oval nut- 

 1^!5*^ ^^^s. Specimen from Gate vein, anthracite^ 



'' New Philadelphia," Schuylkill Co., Pa. See 

 A. equisetiformis. XIII. 



Asterophyllites sphenopliylloides,Zenk. Found plenti- 

 fully by Lacoe in sub-conglomerate shale, Campbell's Ledge, 

 above Pittston, Pa., White's Rt. Q7, p. 39. XL 



Asterophyllites sublaevis. Lesq. Geol. Pa , 1858, Vol. 2, 



r o page 851, plate 1, fig. 3; 

 ' showing by its leaves of 

 different length how easily 

 one may be mislead into 

 making new species where 

 only leaves are found. 

 The thick stem distin- 

 A remarkable root on the same 

 slab of slate (I, f. 9) has a skin covered with wavy furrows 

 crossing at right angles, looking like the woody substance of 

 some conifers (I. f. la.) XIII. Found in Darlington coal, 

 Beaver Co., Pa., with A. equisetiformis and A. foliosus^ by I. 

 C. White, Report Q, p. 5L XIII 



Asterophyllites tuberculatus. See Annnlaria longifolia. 



Astrcea rugosa. See Acervularia rugosa. VIII a. 



Astrocerium or Stromatopora. Claypole's collections , 

 Clark's Mills shale. Perry Co., Pa. Upper shaly beds of Lower 

 Helderberg formation, VI Astrocerium is Favosites of 

 several species. Hall. 



Astropolithon hindii, Dawson. Geol. Hist. Plants p. 31; 



possibly 

 a vege- 

 table o f 

 Lower 



Cambri- 



guishes it from A. delicatula. 



Hish 



an age, 

 ^^^^^im N.Scotia. 



