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primario valido; nervis secundariis subangulis 60-70° orientibus, promi- 
nentibus, arcuatis simplicibus ; nervis tertiariis tenuibus, e primario angulo 
recto, e latere externo secundariorum angulis acutis exeuntibus, transversim 
inter seconjunctis. 
Ohs . — The fossil represented in Eig. 13 is a part of a leaf of considerable 
size, oblong-lanceolate, entire, and possessing a thick petiole. The texture is 
coriaceous. The nervation consists of a strong primary nerve, being 2 milli- 
metres broad at base, and strongly prominent secondary nerves, which are 
curved along the margin, and diverge at rather acute angles. The thin tertiary 
nerves diverge from the primary one at almost right angles, and quit the outer 
side of the secondary ones at acute angles ; thus they run transverse to the 
leaf-axis. The network is not preserved. 
After a close examination and comparison of copious material, I have 
made at least a provisional determination of the fossil described here. Its 
characters, especially the transverse tertiary nerves, indicate the Malpighiacese, 
near to Banisteria. 
Locality and Horizon. — Watson’s Starlight Claim, Tingha ; carbon- 
aceous clay from Deep Lead (stanniferous), under basalt. 
Malpighiastrum Babeagei, sp. non. 
Plate XIV, Fig. 14. 
Bp. Char. — M. foliis ovato-oblongis, coriaceis, integerrimis ; ncrvatione 
camptodroma ; nervo primario prominente; nervis secundariis subangulis 
50-60° orientibus, curvatis, marginem adscendentibus, simplicibus ramosisquc ; 
nervis tertiariis transversim conjunctis. 
Ohs . — This leaf shows the type of Malpighiacean leaves like that of 
the preceding species. Similar fossils from the European Tertiary Elora have 
been classed in the collective genus Malpighiastrum. We consequently follow 
that practice, until the further examination of more complete specimens may 
result in a more definite disclosure of the precise nature of the genus. 
Locality and Horizon. — Ncwstcad, near Elsmore ; in concretionary 
ironstone (earthy limonite), associated with basalt. 
