lobis duobiis ; apice trilobato ; nervis crassiusculis, numerose ramiiicatis, 
septem ramis marginem loborum adtingentibus ; tribus lobos apicales 
intrantibus. 
“ Proud bipinnate ; pinnae long with a strong flexuous naked racliis ; 
pinnules large, moderately oblique, unequal, ovate; sides cut into two very 
large, unequal, rounded lobes on each side ; apex tri-lobed ; veins strong, much 
branched, seven branches reaching the margin of each lobe, and three going 
into each of the three lobes of the apex.” 
Locality and Horizon. — In a bed of brown clay, at Mulubimba, New 
South Wales (Newcastle beds, ? Permian). 
SpHENOPTERIS GERM ANA, M'CoiJ. 
Sphcnoptcris yermanus, M‘Coy, loc. cit., 1847, p. 150, PI. X, figs. 2, 2a. 
„ german a, Unger, loc. cit., 1850, p. 127. 
„ ,, Peistmantel, loc. cit., 1878, p. 8S. 
„ „ Tcnison Woods, loc. cit., 1883, p. 91. 
Sp. Char. — Eronde bipinnata; pinnis obliquis, alternis, elongatis, ovatis, 
rhacliibus pinnarum subalatis; pinnulis ovalibus pinnatilidis ; lobis obliquis 
cllipticis tribus aut quatuor in utroque latere, apice pinnularum trilobato ; 
nervis bipinnatis, tribus ramis lobos intrantibus. 
“ Erond bipinnate ; pinnae oblique, alternate, elongate, ovate with a 
narrow membranaceous margin ; pinnules oval, deeply pinnatifid ; lobes 
very oblique, elliptical, generally three on each side, and the apex of the 
pinnules tliree-lobed ; veins bipinnate, three branches reaching the margin of 
each lobe.” 
Ohs. — Approaches very closely Sphcnoptcris (ThyrsopterisJ Murray ana, 
Egt., sp. 
Locality and Horizon. — In shales at Mulubimba, New South Wales 
(Newcastle beds, ? Permian). 
Spuenopteris hastata, M l Coy. 
Sphcnoptcris hastata, M‘Coy, loc. cit., 1847, p. 149, PI. X, figs. 1, la. 
,, „ Unger, loc. cit., 1850, p. 127. 
,, „ Ueistmantel, loc. cit., 1878, p. 88. 
„ ,, Tenison Woods, loc. cit., 1883, p. 90. 
Sp. Char. — Eronde bipinnata ; pinnis longis, acute lanceolatis, rhacliide 
alata; pinnulis cllipticis, sensim undulato dentatis, tribus lobis obsoletis 
utroque in margine; nervis bipinnatis duobus ramis lobos intrantibus. 
