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VICTORIA MEMORIAL MUSEUM. BULLETIN NO. I 
described under the genus Lepidophyllum. The cones are sup- 
posed to be the fruit of Lepidodendron and are allied to the 
recent Lycopodiacece. 
I have carefully compared the cones and scales collected at 
Minto with all the descriptions and figures of Lepidostrobus 
and Lepidophyllum available, but have not been able to identify 
them specifically. I will, therefore, describe them under the 
name — 
Lepidostrobus mintOensis sp. nov. 
The specimens on which the species is founded are the section 
of the largest cone, the type (Plate IX, fig. 3), and two 
detached scales, figs. 4 and 5. These specimens are in the 
Museum of the Geological Survey, Canada, catalogue numbers 
7544, 7545, 7545a. No. 7544 was collected by Mr. W. B. 
Evans at the Rothwell Coal Company's mine; No. 7545 was 
collected by the writer at the King Lumber Company’s mine, 
and No. 7545a at the Thurrett mine. 
The section of the cone shows about 14 attached scales in a 
whorl. Diameter from tip to tip of blades of scales, 5*5 cm.; 
from base to base of blades 2*6 cm., diameter of axis 6 mm. 
Sporangiophore 9 mm. long and about 7 mm. broad where it 
joins the blade, triangular with a distinct keel on the dorsal 
surface, with two low ridges, one on each side of the keel, con- 
verging towards the axis. The ventral surface has corresponding 
grooves or depressions. The keel is higher at the distal end 
and gradually tapers to the axis, while the lateral ridges begin 
with an oblong projection at the distal end and gradually dis- 
appear towards the axis. The blades are 15 mm. long and 
about 9 mm. broad at the base. They are broadly triangular 
and are rather sharply pointed, the apical angle being about 
40°, while the angles at the base are slightly rounded. The 
base or side attached to the sporangiophore is distinctly concave 
and the sides are slightly so. Some of the blades have a more 
or less distinct median vein, and some have crinkled edges. 
Separate scales which are identical with those attached to‘ 
the cone figured on Plate IX, are common at nearly all the Minto 
mines, and sometimes they are found in groups of two or more. 
