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sumption that the simplest forms among the fiowers of Angiosperms 
are likely to be the most primitive. Arber (Cambridge). 
Seward, A. C., Notes on Fossil Plants from South Africa. 
(Geol. Mag. Dec. 5, Vol. IV. p. 481—487. with 2 plates, 1907.) 
The species described are Phyllotheca Whaitsi sp. nova, Osmun- 
dites Kolbei sp. nov. and Bucklandia sp. cf., B. anomala Carr. all 
from the Uitenhage Series (Wealden), Glossopteris indica Schump. 
(= Rubidgea Mackayi Tate) from the Permo-Carboniferous, and 
Lepidodendvon ciustvale M’Coy from the Lower Karoo (? Lower Car- 
boniferous). 
The new species of Phyllotheca is founded on a single whorl of 
leaves, the longest of which is 4.5 cm., in length. They show faint 
indications of a midrib and have acuminate apices. 
Osmundites Kolbei sp. nov. is a large stem of curious shape, 
90 cm. in length. The structure is preserved, and will be fully 
described by Mr. Kids ton. With the stem are several petioles and 
roots the structure of which is briefly indicated. Impressions of 
Cladophlebis denticulata and C. Browniana are associated with this 
stem; a fact which strengthens the conclusion that the affinities of 
these fronds may be also Osmundaceous. 
Tate’s Rubidgea Mackayi is shown to be a frond of Glossopteris 
indica Schimp. 
The specimens of Lepidodendron australe M’Coy, do not show 
the usual prints on the external surface of the leaf-scar, nor any 
demarcation between a leaf-cushion and a true leaf scar, and thus 
are to some extent decorticated. They are compared with similar 
fossils already described from Queensland and elsewhere, with 
the conclusion that it is hardly possible to say whether such Lepido- 
dendroid plants should be referred to Lepidodendron rather than 
Sigillaria. 
The Bucklandia stem figured may be compared with the English 
Bucklandia anomala (Stokes and Webb) from the Hastings Sands 
of Sussex, and is the first Cjmadean stem discovered from the 
Uitenhage Series, which has however already offered several types 
of Cycadean fronds. Arber (Cambridge). 
Stopes, M. C., The Flora of the Inferior Oolite of Brora 
(Sutherland). (Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. Vol. 63. p. 375—382 
with a plate and a text-figure, 1907. 
After briefly reviewing the previous literature and records from 
the Lower Oolites of the North of Scotland, the following list of 
species determined is given. 
Equisetites Beani (Bunb.)? E. columnaris Brongn. (figured), E. 
broraensis sp. nova, (figured), Coniopteris hymenophylloides (Brongn.), 
C. quinqueloba (Phill.), Todites Williamsoni (Brongn.), Cladophlebis 
denticulata (Brongn.), Dictyophyllum sp., Zamites sp.?, Otozamites?, 
Ginkgo digitata (Brongn.) (figured) and Cheirolepis sp. Of these Equi¬ 
setites columnaris and Ginkgo digitata are the commonest species. 
The new species Equisetites broraensis is founded on nodal discs 
alone. The Ginkgo leaves are commonly deeply bi-lobed. Some of 
these leaves are easily separated from the shale, and after appro- 
priate Chemical treatment, they become perfectly transparent, 
and can be split horizontally, and thus the upper and lower 
