382 
Ptebophtllum, sp. ind., PI. 16, fig. 3. 
Sp. Char. Form of frond unknown. Eacliis moderately broad, longitudinally 
wrinkled. Pinnules long, transversely elongated, parallel-sided, apices unknown, expand- 
ing slightly towards the base of attachment, in one instance almost confluent, alternate, 
but moderately contiguous to one another. Veins strong, w'ell-marked, apparently 
about twenty. 
Ohs. A single example, and that fragmentary, does not permit of a species 
being established, although, so far as Queensland is concerned, there is no doubt this is 
quite new. 
It appears to partake of the character of P. Faloonerianum, Morris.* 
This is not unlike some forms of Zamites, but, although one or two of the bases 
of the pinnules appear a little thickened, I do not see any trace of a callosity in the 
sense as applied to that genus. 
Loc. Colinton, Upper Brisbane Eiver {Son. A. C. Oregm'iJ). 
Oemis—PTILOPSTLLTTM, Morris, 1840. 
(Trans. Geol. Soc., 1840, v.) 
Ptilophtlltjm oniGONETTETiM, Ten. Woods. 
PI. 18, fig. 11, and ? PI. 16, fig. 2. 
Ptilophyllum oligonewum, Ten. Woods, Proc. Linn. Soo. N. S. Wales, 1883, viii., Pt. 1, p. 149, t. 7, f. 2-4. 
Sp. Char. Proud pinnate, long linear, gradually tapering to the apex ; pinnse 
rather long, narrow, slightly oblique, alternate, separate, but very close, rounded and 
curved, somewhat falcate, ending in quite an acute apex at the upper edge, base 
rounder or auriculate above, obliquely inserted, leaving when detached a series of 
oblique, alternate, elongate depressions on the rachis ; veins distinct from their origin, 
and parallel to the apex, from four to six in number, all well marked and conspicuous. 
Length of longest pinnae twelve to fifteen millimetres, breadth one and a-half to two 
millimetres. {Ten. Woods.) 
Ohs. “ The species .... partakes of an intermediate character. It has the 
acute leaflets of P. acutifolium and the small size of P. cutchense, and furthermore is 
distinguished from both by its few, simple parallel veins.” 
I much question the distinctne.ss of this plant from some varieties of P. acuti- 
folium, Morris,t to which in fact Mr. Kidston had referred our specimens. 
Loc. Eosewood, near Eockhampton {The late Bev. J. E. T. Woods — Macloay 
Museum, University of Sydney) ; "Wycarbah, near Eockhampton {B. L. Jack, and the 
late James Smith). 
Order— CONIFERS, 
Ohs. The following epitome of our knowledge of Australian Fossil Conifer® is 
quoted from the late Eev. J. E. Tenison Woods’ Memoir:— “We have abundant 
evidence of the existence of Conifers in Australia, in almost all our plant beds except 
the very earliest coal formations.^ This is necessary to bear in mind, because Morris, in 
Strzelecki’s Work already referred to, lays stress iij)on the absence of such woods from 
the New South Wales specimens. Wood, leaves, and scales of conifers are mentioned 
by Dana. Many specimens of coniferous wood are reported to occur in the Lower 
* Pal. Indica (Gondwana Flora), 1863, i, Pt. 1., fas. 3, t. 16, f. 1. • ■ 
t Pal. Indica (Gondwana Flora), 1863, i., Pt. 1, fas. 4, p. 29, t. 20, t. 21, f. 2. 
X Even this exception need no longer be made. See pp. 49 and 198. 
