DE. HEEE ON THE FOSSIL FLOEA OF BOVEY TEACEY. 
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7. Pecopteeis Hookeei, m. (Plate LVIII. fig. 3.) 
P. pinnis elongato-lanceolatis, anguste serratis, nervis secundariis furcatis. 
I have seen only a drawing (Plate LVIII. fig. 3) which Mr. Fitch has made. He 
assured me that the nervation and the natural size of the leaf were truly represented. 
The leaf seems to be lost; for it could be found neither in London nor at Mr. Pen- 
gellt’s, at Torquay. It consists of a pinnule the base and point of which are want- 
ing, It is toothed, the teeth sharp and bent towards the apex, the secondary nerves 
partly alternate, partly opposite, each of them divided into a simple fork. The branches 
of the fork run to the teeth. 
II. PHANEROGAM.^:. 
A. Gjrmnospermae. 
Order CONIFERS. 
Fam. Abietine^, Rich. 
1. Sequoia, Endl. 
8. Sequoia Couttsi^, m. (Plates LIX., LX., LXI.) 
S. ramis altemis, rarissime verticillatis, ramulis j unioribus elongatis, gracilibus ; foliis 
squamseformibus, imbricatis, subfalcatis, medio dorso costatis, basi decurrentibus ; 
strobilis globosis vel subglobosis ; squamis peltatis, medio brevissime mucronulatis, 
rugosis ; seminibus alatis, compressis, nucleo paulo curvato. 
This and Pecopteris lignitum are the commonest plants of Bovey, and their stems 
certainly contribute the greatest amount of lignite. Larger and smaller branches of 
this tree occur in the 17th and 26th beds of the clay. Entire cones (as represented in 
Plate LIX. figs. 1, 14, 16 & 18), seeds, and scales of cones have been found in great 
numbers. It is certain that the cones and seeds belong to one plant ; for they not only 
agree with those of Sequoia, but in several cases I have seen the seeds lying in their 
natural position under the cone. But it might be questioned if all those branches the 
principal forms of which are represented in Plates LIX. and LX. belong to this same tree, 
because the young twigs so closely resemble those of Glyptostrobus europmis. A very 
minute comparison, however, of many specimens has persuaded me that this is not the 
case, and that all the figured branches and cones belong to one plant. In comparing 
the leaves of the twigs Avhich bear the cones (Plate LIX. figs. 14, 16 & 18), we see that 
their form agrees with the loose twigs. As the principal character of these leaves, we 
may observe that they are nearly always somewhat falcate (cf. Plate LX. figs. 14—20). 
This is not the case with Glyptostrobus europoeus (cf. Plate LX. fig. 49, magnified fig. 49 b, 
* This form very much reminds us of Lastrcea Bunlurii, the nervation of which is however quite 
different. 
