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In his earlier writings Dr. Deistmantel followed Schimper in placing this fern 
very near to Aleiliopteris wTiithyense,* hut latterly the same Author has united it to the 
British fern, following Heer, referring both to the genius Asplenium.'\ On the other 
hand, McCoy cites A. scarJnirgensis, Bean, also from Yorkshire Oolites, as its nearest 
ally. In my opinion the fern figured from New Zealand, by Unger J is our above species. 
The growth is exact, and the once and twice bifurcation is present. 
Mr. R. M. Johnston has described § a fern under the name of Alethopteris 
serratifolia, separating it from A. australis on account of the serrated edges, of 
undulating margin of the pinnules. This is unfortunate, because Morris, in his original 
description, described H these as “ either sinuous or entire, according to the position of 
the frond.” It will be necessary, therefore, to regard his specific name as a synonym 
of the older one. The Survey Collection contains examjfies of A. australis with serrate- 
edged pinnules from Ebbw Yale Colliery and other localities in the Ipswich Basin. 
Loc. Burrum Coal Uiold (W. S. Bands). Occurs also at Ipswich and Stewart’s 
Creek, Rockhampton (Ipswich Beds). 
Uamily— T^NIOPTERIDE^. 
Genus — TAHNIOPTEBIS, Brongniart, 1828.^ 
(Prod. Hist. Veg. Foss., p. 61.) 
Tjentoptehis (? Augiopteeiditjm) DAiUTKEEr, MicOoy. 
Ohs. Eor description of the species see Ipswich Beds. 
Loc. Styx Coal Field (? Burrum Beds). Occurs also in the Ipswich Beds. 
Section— PH ANEROGAMI A. 
Class— Dicotyledones. 
Order-CTCADACE^i. 
Family — ZAMIEAH. 
Genus— jPOBOZAMITBS, F. Braun. 
(Munster’s Beitr. zur Petrefactenkunde, vi., p. 36.)** 
PoDOZAMiTES KiDSTOJii, sp. nov., PI. 18, fig. 6. 
Sp. Char. Pinn® elongate, narrow ; pinnules of variable size and length, distant 
from one another, alternate, and disposed at an acute angle to the raehis ; they are 
either short, somewhat oblong club-shaped, broad, and very blunt at their apices, or 
narrower and rather transversely elongated, abruptly attenuated or constricted at the 
base to an articulation with the raehis. Veins numerous, close, apparently simple, and 
more or less following the outline of the pinnules. Raehis striated and decreasing in 
size slowly. 
Ohs. This rather elegant plant shows a stem four and a half inches long, and 
aboutthree millimetres wide at its lower extremity. On the right hand side are shown the 
more or less perfect remains of seven pinnules, and on the other better preserved 
* Pal. Indioa (Gondwana Flora), 1876, ii., Pt. 1, p. 21. 
t Ibid., 1881, ill., No. 3, p. 79. . . o t i j o 
t Reise Osterr. Fregatte Novara, 1857-59, Geol. Theil., Bd. i, 2 abth., 1865, p. 5, t. 2, f. 1 and A 
§ Geol. Tasmania, t. 23, f. 1. 
II Strzelecki’s Phys. Descrip. N. S. Wale.?, &c., 1845, p. 248. 
IT Restricted— Schimper, Traite Pal. Veg., 1869. i., p. 600. 
** Fide Zigno, Flora Fose. Formationis Ool., ii., p. 118. 
