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PL XI V, Pig. 1, was in my original work also included under Phyllolheca 
australis, Bgt., but it appears to show two kinds of leaflets of the sheath ; 
those on the stem are somewhat broader and recurved to the stem, while on 
the branch to the left hand there is an indication of leaflets, which would be 
of the same kind as those in Pig. 4«. It may just be that this is the character 
of the plant. Otherwise it reminds us of some specimens figured by Baron do 
Zigno in his “ Plora Pormationis Ooliticee,” especially of Phyllolheca equiseii- 
f arm is, Zigno, and I would almost feel inclined to refer this one specimen 
from Newcastle to Zigno’s above species. With regard to the other specimens, 
they bear affinities to Prof, llecr’s Phyllolheca sibirica, or vice versa. 
Of the Indian P. indica, Bunh., there are known only some leaved 
branchlets ; they are from the Itaniganj-Kamthi horizon of the Damuda 
Group ; they also are closely related to the Australian species, but at the 
same time they show relations to the Jurassic species of Italy and Siberia as 
well, so that Phyllolheca appears to be a wide-spread and widely ranging 
fossil. 
Locality and Horizon. — In the Newcastle beds (Upper Coal Measures) 
at Newcastle, N. S. Wales ; the figured specimens (Permo-Carboniferous). 
In the Mersey Coal beds, Tasmania (Permo-Carboniferous). In the Jeru- 
salem Basin and other localities (see ante), Tasmania (Mesozoic). At Cape 
Paterson, Victoria (quoted Bcp. of Progress, sec ante), (Mesozoic.) 
In my original paper I included under the above species two others, 
described as P. ramose, M‘Cov, and P. Hookeri, M £ Coy, and I am also now 
of the same opinion. But as the two species, especially P. Hoolceri, have 
been several times quoted as such, I shall give here their diagnoses. 
PlIYLLOTHECA It AMOS A, M‘Coy. 
Phyllotheca ramosa, M'Coy, Joe. ci/., 1ST7, XX, p. 156, Tab. XT, figs. 2, 3. 
,, ,, Tenison W oods, Joe. cit., 1883, p. 73. 
Sp. Char. — “ Stem branched, smooth or striated ; sheath half the 
length of the internodes ; leaves thin, linear flat ; twice or three times the 
length of the sheath, with a very tine indistinct midrib.” 
Ohs. — This diagnoses fits quite well to some specimens of Phyllo- 
tlicca australis, Bgt. 
Locality and Horizon. — This species was quoted from the Newcastle 
beds, at Mulubimba, New South Wales. 
