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c. — Otozamites Braun. In this genus I put some species, which in the first description 
of the Rajmahal series by MM. Oldham and Morris were also described as Palceozamia 
Endl., 0. M. PI. XIX. Their Otopleris-XxVa habitus is so distinct, especially in the disposition 
of their veins, that at first I thought it right to place them with Otopteris, Schenk. It 
seems best, however, following MM. de Zigno and Saporta, to abandon this old genus, and to 
take all Otopteris forms as Otozamites, because they have more characters of tho Zamiece ; 
so these Olopteris-Ylke fossils from the Rajmahal hills (which stood formerly as Palceozamia) 
must be put to Otozamites, Braun. The species are Otozamites abbreviatus, Fstm. ( Palce¬ 
ozamia bengalensis, Oldh. and Morr.), Otozamites bepgalensis, Sehimp.; it is near 
Palceozamia brevifolia, Braun, or Otopteris Buelclandi, Sehimp., but Mr. Schimper 
considers it different by its more obtuse leaflets, and names it as above. 
d. — Zamites, Bgt. Of this genus, we have two specimens, pretty well preserved. I call 
the species Zamites proxhnus, Fstm., as it is very near to a living Zamia. Fstm. PI. XLI. 
f. 1-2. 
e. —Piety ozaniites, Oldham. Quite a peculiar genus in general, and a marked Indian 
type ; we ouly know it in the Rajmahal series. It was at first described and characterized 
as a Pictyopteris, Gutb., and as Pictyopt. falcata, Morr., and Piety opt. falcata, var. 
obt.usifolia, Morr., by Mr. Morris in the original description of Rajmahal plants in the 
Palseontologia Indica, 1862, PI. XXIV. Although at first of the same view (Memoirs Geologi¬ 
cal Survey of India, II, p. 320), Mr. Oldham, in the description of the Rajmahal plants, 
p. 40, developed another and more correct opinion about this fossil, taking it as belonging to 
the Cycadeacece (Zamiece) near Otozamites, Braun, and proposed a new generic name, 
Piety ozaniites, with its diagnosis, which I fully adopt. I propose the specific name 
Pictyozamites indicus, Fstm., taking both varieties as the same. It was originally known 
only from Amrapara; lately I found it also near Murrero. Outside of the Rajmahal 
hills we know it also in some other places. 
2. Cycadece. 
a. — Cyeadites, Brgt. The occurrence of true Cycadece is also of importance for the 
determination of age, because they indicate always a lower horizon in the Jurassic series. 
Fossils of this genus are very abundant in the Rajmahal series. MM. Oldham and Morris 
have described three species ; but I believe there are only two, Cyeadites Rajniahalensis, 
Oldh., and Cyeadites covfertus, Morr., putting the third, Cyeadites Blanfor dianus, Oldh., 
with this latter, 0. M. PI. VII, IX. 
Some fruit-like fossils I recognize as belonging to the genus Wittiamsonia, Carr.; they 
are very similar to those in Phillips’ Geology of Yorkshire, 3rd Ed., 1875, PI. XXIV, 
f. 2, 3, 4, 5, from the lower sandstones (lower portion of lower Oolite) of Whitby. 
Besides these, there are also some cycadeous stems and fructifications, which, however, 
need no further mention. 
3. Coniferm. 
In this family we find some well marked forms, serving to indicate the age of tho Raj¬ 
mahal series, and also as characteristic of that formation. 
1.—Genus Palissya, Endl. 
Two species occur, one pretty frequently typical of the Rajmahal series. 
Palissya Oldhami, Fstm., 0. M. XXXIII, is a form like Palissya Brauni, Endl., from 
Rhretic strata; it is the same form as mentioned already in the Kach series from 
Thrombow. 
