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Phylum GINKGOALES. 
Genus BAIERA Braun, 1843. 
(In Munster’s Beitr. Petrifact., Heft vi, p. 20.) 
Baiera robusta sp. nov. Plate XI, figs. 3, 4. 
1913. Baiera cf. B. paucipartita Arber, Proc. Roy. Soc., ser. B, vol. lxxxvi, p. 346, pi. vii, 
figs. 1, 2, 3. 
Diagnosis.- —Leaves exceeding 4 cm. in length, of varying breadth, slit longitudinally 
for at least half their length into narrow segments of unequal breadth. Base broad, 
not markedly contracted, usually 6 or more parallel nerves in each segment. 
Description of the Specimens. — The two specimens from Mount Potts, which I 
originally figured in 1913 as Baiera cf. B. paucipartita, are refigured on Plate XI, 
figs. 3 and 4. The former is a forked segment, shown nearly twice enlarged, but is 
incomplete at both extremities. The latter, which is natural size, shows the median 
part of a leaf split into four segments of unequal breadth. 
Remarks. —There are several Rliaetic species with which the New Zealand fossils 
may be compared. First we have the Baiera paucipartita of Nathorst(l), from Sweden, 
in which the base of the leaf is markedly contracted. This I now believe to be a 
distinct species, though in some respects it stands near to B. robusta. The Baiera 
■multifida of Fontaine(2), from the Rluetic of Virginia, in the United States, and from 
Australia(3), appears to be a much larger leaf, judging by the very imperfect figures 
given of this plant. The segments of this species, however, may be compared with 
the New Zealand specimen. Other species which may be also compared are Baiera 
tceniat.a Braun(4), from the Rlnetic of Germany, and B. sub-gracilis McCoy(5), from the 
Jurassic of Victoria, Australia. 
Type in British Museum (Natural History). 
Occurrence. —Mount Potts (Rhsetic). 
Phylum CONIFERALES. 
Genus ARAUCARITES Presl, 1838. 
(In Sternberg, “ Vers. Darstell. Flora V or welt f Heft, vii, p. 203.) 
Araucarites cutchensis Feistmantel. Plate VIII, fig. 5 ; Plate XIII, fig. 4. 
1876. Araucarites cutchensis Feistmantel, Foss. Flora Gondwana Syst. (Pal Indica), vol. ii, 
pt. i, p. 62, pi. vii, fig. 7 ; pi. viii, figs. 2-6; pi. ix, figs. 1-3; pi. xii, fig. 10. 
1877. Araucarites cutchensis Feistmantel, ibid., vol. ii, pt. ii, pp. 16-96, pi. xiv, 
1879. Araucarites cutchensis Feistmantel, ibid., vol. i, pt. iv, pp. 27-217, pi. xiv, figs. 6-9; 
pi. xv, fig. 1 ; pi. xvi, fig. 15. 
1913. Araucarites cutchensis Halle, Wissen. Ergeb. Schwed. Budpolar-Exped., vol. iii, pt. xiv, 
p. 72, pi. viii, figs. 3-10, text-fig. 16. 
Diagnosis.- —-Seed-bearing scales of the Araucarian type. Scales more or less broadly 
wedge-shaped, the base narrow, truncated, the apex broad, rounded, or truncated, 
often produced as a median narrow linear appendage. Seed single, ovoid, the broader 
extremity being towards the apex of the scale. 
Description of the Specimens .-—Two Araucarian scales occur at Gore, of which one 
is figured, natural size, on Plate XIII, fig. 4. In this photograph the appearance is 
(1) Natliorst (1878 1 2 ), p. 94, pi. xx, figs. 7-13 ; (3) Arber, 1902), p. 4. 
pi. xxi; pi. xxii, figs. 1,2. (4) Schenk (1867), p. 26, pi. v, figs. 1-4; 
(2) Fontaine (1883), p. 87, pi. xiv, fig. 3; pi. vi, figs. 1, 2. 
pi xlvi, figs. 1-3 ; pi. xlvii, figs. 1, 2. (5) McCoy (1900), p. 5, pi. 1, figs. 4, 6, 7. 
