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australis, which, as M £ Coy thought, resembled a Sgjhenophyllum, with closely 
set leaf-whorls, hut which is apparently a cross section of the stem. 
Locality and Horizon . — This species is known in Australia only, from 
the Newcastle beds (Upper Coal Measures) of New South Wales, at various 
localities (Permian). 
Vehtebrahia equiseti, Ten. Woods. 
Vertehraria equiseti, Tenison Woods, toe. cit., 1883, p. 80, PI. I, f. 3. 
Locality and Horizon.— In grey clay, below the coal in the Tivoli 
Mine, Ipswich, Queensland (Mesozoic, ? Jurassic). 
Vehtebuaria towaekensis, Ten. Woods. 
Vertehraria towarrensis, Tenison APoods, loc. cit., 1883, p. 81, PI. I, figs. 1, 2, 4. 
Locality and Horizon . — At Rosewood, about twenty-four miles west 
ol Rockhampton, Queensland (Mesozoic, Jurassic ?). 
B. FILICES. 
Ohs . — Remains of ferns are the most numerous amongst the fossil 
plants of the Coal deposits in Australia ; I may only point for instance to the 
numerous species or varieties of Glossopteris, and there are others too. 
Genus — SPHENOPTERIS, Brongniart. 
Ohs. — This genus is altogether rich in species, especially in the 
Palaeozoic formations ; and also from Australia there are several species 
described, of which, however, I have seen none, so that I can only refer to 
the literature. 
Spiienopteris alata, Brongniart , sp. 
Pecopteris alata, Brongniart, Hist. Veg. Boss., 1828, p. 3G1, Tab. 128. 
Aspidites alatus, Groppert, Syst. Til. Boss., 1S3G, p. 358. 
Spiienopteris alata, Sternberg, Yei-s. d. Bl. d. Vonv., 1838, II, p. 131. 
„ „ M‘Coy, loc. cit., 1817, p. 149. 
„ „ linger, loc. cit., 1850, p. 124. 
„ „ Beistmantel, loc. cit., 1878, p. 87. 
,, „ Tenison APoods, loc. cit., 1883, p. 89. 
Sp. Char . — Erondc tripinuata ; rliacliidibus alatis ; pinnis pinnatis, 
summis pinnatifidis, pinnulis sessilibus decurrentibus, inferioribus pinnatifidis 
