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Do Eructibus et Seminibus Plant, vol. ii, PI. CXXXIX), which likewise con- 
sists of live pieces, and only differs from the first in its more globose form. 
I named this species after the English naval surgeon, Bass, one of the 
earliest explorers of Tasmania towards the end of the last century.* 
Locality and Horizon. — Bcaconsfield, Tasmania; auriferous Deep 
Lead, of Upper Tertiary age. 
Collection . — 11. M. Johnston. 
P1TTOSPORHLE. 
PlTTOSPORTJM PRISCUM, Sp. 110V. 
Plate VI, Fig. 3. 
Sp. Char. — P. foliis coriaceis oblongis obtusis integerrimis ; nervatione 
dictyodroma ; ncrvo primario prominente recto, apicem versus valde attenuato 
vcl evanescente; nervis sccundariis in sequalibus approximate tenuissimis 
subangulis 55-G5° orientibus, llexuosis ramosis ; nervis tertiariis latere 
externo subangulis acutis egredientibus, ramosis, in rote tenerrimum dis- 
solutis. 
Ohs . — The fragment at hand, Eig. 3, can be restored into an oblong 
entire-margined leaf. The apex is roundedly obtuse, the texture apparently 
tough. These peculiarities, and the character of the well-preserved venation, 
Eig. 3 a, point to a species of Pittosporum. Among living species of this 
principally Australian genus, the P. Tohira, Ait. (Ettingshausen, Blattskelete 
der Dicotyledonen, p. 119, fig. 125), a Japanese species, is in every respect 
most analogous. Of hitherto described fossil remains of Pittosporum, those 
from Parschlug, designated as Pittosporum cuneifolium, Unger (see Sylloge 
Plant. Eoss., vol. ii, p. 0, PI. I, figs. 11, 15), and corresponding to the 
Australian species as regards form and texture of leaves, appear to belong to 
a very similar species ; but no definite conclusion can be arrived at until 
better specimens arc obtained of these leaves, of which at present we know 
in its entirety only the venation. 
Locality and Horizon. — Dalton, near Gunning ; in hard siliceous 
grit, reposing on Silurian rocks. 
* [Rather an explorer of the seas and coasts of Australia and Tasmania. — R.E., jnr.] 
