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My opinion is that the forms of our so-called Noggerathia are all Cyeadece, and especially 
Zamiecs, so that in future I will treat them, as close to Zamia. We conclude therefore that—■ 
(a) the Indian Schizoneura, is different from the Australian Zeugopliyllites and the 
Australian Noggerathia ; also from the Indian so-called Noggerathia : 
(b) the Indian Noggerathia is different from the Australian Zeugopliyllites: 
(c) The Indian Noggerathia is more allied to Zamia than to any other form. 
XIX.— Note on the occubbence of “ Glossoptebis ” (?) in the coal-beaeing bocks of 
Asia Minor., and on the occubeence of the same genus in the Teetiaey forma¬ 
tion of Novale. 
In my notes on the Indian fossil floras, especially those from the Damuda series, I have 
made no mention of the supposed occurrence of Glossopteris in the coal-bearing strata in Asia 
Minor, nor have I found any mention of it in papers relating to our Damudas or to the 
Australian coal-beds, nor have I found it noticed in general palseoutological works. 
There is, however, a paper by Mr. Scklehan: Versucli einer geognostischen Beschreibung 
der Gegend zwischen, Arnasry and Tyrla-Asy, 1852, where fossils are mentioned from the 
coal-deposits of Arnasry. All these plants are genuine carboniferous plants, most of which are 
specially determined: amongst the ferns, Glossopteris is mentioned, but without any specific 
determination. It is indeed to be regretted that the names only are given, and nothing is 
said about the plants, and no figures are given, so that no idea can bo formed as to the nature 
of this supposed Glossopteris. The carboniferous plants which Mr. Schlehan mentioned 
from Schiinalu and Tyrla-Asy (Arnasry district) are the following:— 
FERNS. 
Cyclopteris orbicularis; Sphenopteris elegans; Neuropteris gigantea ; Neuropteris 
tenuifolia ; undetermined species of Sphenopteris, Pecopteris, Odontopteris. 
LYCOPODIACEiE. 
lepidodendron aculeatum; lepid. obovatum ; Lepiid. alveolatum; Lepid. hexagonum ; 
Lycopod. pinnatus ; JLepidostrobus. 
SIGILLARIEiE. 
Sigillaria oculata ; Sigill. alveolata; S. sulcata; Stigmaria ficoides. 
EQUISETACEiE. 
Catamites Suckowi; Calam. undulatus ; Asterophyllites; Vollcmwnnia; Spheno- 
phyllum majus } Sphenophyllum emarginatum; Annularia fertilis. With all these fossil 
plants of real carboniferous character, undetermined species of Glossopteris are mentioned. 
As nothing has been published since about the collections of Mr. Schlehan, who is an 
Austrian Engineer, I thought it best to go direct to the source, and wrote to Herr 
Hofrath von Hauer, Superintendent of the Austrian Geological Survey in Vienna, to obtain 
some information about the supposed Glossopteris. I wrote on the 31st of July, and ou the 
6th of October I received a letter from Hofrath von Hauer, with another letter by 
Mr. Schlehan, in which be explains the case, and which shows that the determination of 
Glossopteris wants confirmation. To settle the question, it may he useful to reproduce 
some passages of Mr. Schlelian’s letter to Hofrath von llauer, and which this latter gen¬ 
tleman was so very kind to send me. 
