180 NATURAL HISTORY. [NORTH 
dodendron or Lycopodites,) the Ulodendron ( Lepidod . ornatissimum, 
Stemb.), the Bothrodendon of Lindley, the Rhytidolepis of Stemb., &c. 
In the upper division of Case 5 are placed the species of Sigillaria, 
(including Favularia ,) Brong., which are very distinct in their structure 
from arborescent Ferns, with which they have by some been arranged. 
To these also belongs the Megaphyton Nohd. ; of which the original 
specimen figured and described by Artis is deposited here. In the 
lower division of the same Case, are seen some very interesting vege¬ 
table remains, some of w T hich undoubtedly are referable to the family of As- 
PHODELEiE, such as the Dracaena Benstedii, (from the Iguanodon quarry 
near Maidstone,) so called after the discoverer of the fine specimens pre¬ 
sented to the Museum. With these are placed magnificent specimens, 
from Dr. Mantell’s collection, of the Clathraria Lyellii from the Weal- 
den : the generic name, formerly synonymous with Sigillaria, is now ex¬ 
clusively given to this remarkable vegetable. Sternbergia transversa 
of Artis, ( Artisia of Sternberg,) hitherto described and figured from 
very imperfect specimens, also probably belongs to this natural order. 
Another interesting vegetable of Dr. Mantell’s discovery is* the Bndo~ 
genites erosa, of which many specimens from Hastings, &c., are de¬ 
posited, exhibiting its structure : it seems related to the Palmee, and is 
no doubt a congener of Cotta’s Forosus marginatus, of which a speci¬ 
men is added ; but neither of those generic appellations appear to be 
admissible. There are also remains of real Palm^e in this Case, such 
as the fruits from Sheppey, the cut and polished specimens of woodfrrom 
Antigua, &c. Whether or not Noggerathia fiabelliformis and a related 
species are referable to them, remains doubtful. 
The upper division of Case 6 contains only specimens of Stigmaria, 
a genus totally distinct from any other known of the natural orders of 
Lycopodiacese or Filices, to both of which its species have been referred 
by authors. Their internal structure, as proved by transversal sections 
of the stem, approximates to that of the Euphorbiaceje. Below these, 
in the same Case, are placed various interesting specimens belonging to 
species of genera of Conifers, such as Finns, Araucaria, Thuytes, 
Volzia, Brachyphyllum, &c. In another part of the same Case are 
deposited interesting remains of the natural order of Cycadeje, (among 
which may be specified the fine specimens from the oolitic formation 
at Whitby,) of various species of Pterophyllum, Zamia, Ctenis, and (on 
the top of the Case) the globular trunks (two of them cut and polished) 
of Dr. Buckland’s Cycadites megalophylla, ( Brongniart’s Mantellia 
nidiformis ,) from the oolite of Portland. Various other vegetable re¬ 
mains, especially of Dicotyledonous plants, such as those from the fresh 
water formation of Oeningen, &c., will hereafter be arranged in Table 
Cases to be made for their reception. 
On the lower shelves of the Cases 3, 4, and 5, is placed a very ex¬ 
tensive series of cut and polished specimens of fossil w r ood, most of them 
from the red sandstone formation of Chemnitz in Saxony, and New 
Paka in Bohemia, and many of them described and figured in Cotta’s 
w 7 ork: Die Dendrolitlien, Dresd. 1832. The genera Tubicaulis , 
Fsaronius (Staar-stein) and Forosus, no doubt belong to the Filices ; 
many of the remainder are referable to the Palms, and a still greater 
portion of them to the Coniferse ; in the vicinity of which natural orders 
they are respectively placed in the Wall Cases. 
