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Sphenopteris Anderssonii n. sp. 
PL 3, fig. 10?; pi. 4, figs. I, 2: text-fig. 8. 
Sphenopteris, Nathorst fig. in: O. Nordenskjöld, J. G. Andersson etc. 1904, p. 315. 
The specimens referred to this species present a certain resemblance to a 
couple of other known forms of Sphenopteris but possess at the same time some 
peculiar characters in regard to which a specific separation appears preferable. 
Fig. 8. Sphenopteris Andeissonii n. sp. ; a and b — nat. size; c — portion of the frond in pi. 3, fig. 10, ^/i. 
Rachis forked (?), each branch bearing pinnæ on both sides down to its base. 
Pinnæ distant, alternate, short, ovate or lanceolate, winged. Pinnules decurrent, ovate 
or lanceolate, pinnatifid with 2 — 3 lobes on each side, or entire towards the apices 
of frond and pinnae. Venation consisting of a not very marked, often flexuous, mid- 
rib, giving off few but fairly distinct lateral veins. 
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