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Dryandra oeningensis Ettings., Proteac. d. Vorw., p. 28, 1851. 



Myrica oeningensis (Al. Br.) Heer, Fl. Tert. Helv., vol. 2, p. 33, pi. 70, 



fig. 1-4, 1856; Ihid., vol. 3, p. 175, pi. 150, fig. 18, 18.59. 



Schimp., Pal. Veget., vol. 2, p. 557, 1872; Atlas, pi. 85, fig. 9, 1874. 

 Comptonia meneghinii Unger, Foss. Fl. v. Sotzka, p. 32 (162), pi. 8 (29), 



fig. 10, 1850. 



Massal., loc. ciL, pp. 47, 243. 

 Dnjandrn meneghinii Ettings., loc. cit, p. 28. 



SchiiiipcM- was the Hrst to notice the resemblance of Unger's 

 Conipfonia mcniyhinii \o Comptonia (rningcnsis, a resemblance 

 so close that I have been constrained to consider the two forms 

 identical, an additional reason for this treatment being the unim- 

 portance of the remains of the former. Ettingshausen refers 

 both forms to Dryandra, comparing the former with Dryandra 

 ohtusa and plumo.m of Robert Brown and the latter with the same 

 author's Dryandra foribunda and cuneafa. It may be noted 

 that their texture is much more membranaceous than obtains in 

 the genus Dryandra. The species may be defined as including 

 medium and rather small leaves of tiie i^cneral proportions of 

 the modern leaf, with triangular, ascending-, |»oin!e(l. obtuse- 

 tipped lobes. Incisions reaching only part way to the midrib. 

 Base cuneate. more produced than in any specimens of the mod- 

 ern leaf that 1 have seen, 'riic apex is also produced au.l shows 



particularly to th!-\sviss leaves of that species, with wliich they 

 are almost identical. 



Comptonia obtusiloba Heei 



