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breackh of the leaf, as compared with T. spatulata. In the type of T. 
spatulata, var. Carruthersi the original figure shows the secondary veins 
more widely spaced than in the majority of the Victorian examples, but 
several of the latter are identical both in vein-spacing and in the breadth 
and shape of the leaf. 
It is also highly probable that the Victorian T. spatulata , var. 
Carruthersi is identical with the examples of Tceniopteris figured bv 
.Feistmantel 1 from the Stormberg series of South Africa, as well as the 
Tasmanian specimens of “ T . Carruthersi also illustrated by the same 
author. 2 The tendency has hitherto been to regard the Ipswich plant- 
remains as distinct from the Victorian, and to be more comparable in age 
with the Stormberg flora, which has a Rhsetic facies. There is reason'to 
believe, however, that some horizons of the Victorian coal-bearing Mesozoic 
beds are relatively as old, since, amongst other data, I am able to record 
the occurrence of Stenopteris elongata ,- Carruthers sp., in Victorian strata ; 
a plant which is also a member of the Stormberg and Ipswich floras. 
The variety Carruthersi is distinguished from the type-form T. 
spatulata by a shorter and broader leaf, and a tendency to a wider spacing 
of the secondary veins, the latter having at first an acute emergence from 
the midrib, then nearly horizontal, and afterwards turning flexuosely up¬ 
ward to the margin. The dichotory of the veins is nearer to T. spatulata , 
var. Daintreei than to the type-form; that is to say, generally close to the 
midrib. In his description of the figured specimen of this variety from 
San Remo, Mr. Stirling refers to it 3 as having secondary veins (“lineated 
venules”) frequently dichotomous; an inspection of the figured specimen 
shows, however, that the secondary veins dichotomize, as a rule, close to 
the point of emergence from the midrib and then run continuously parallel, 
excepting rarely at one or two points, and fork near the margin of the leaf. 
Other localities in Victoria for this variety are Jeetho Valley (Stirling), 
Jumbunna and Kongwak (Seward—recorded as T . Daintreei , var. ?najor ), 
together with the present locality of Whitelaw. In Queensland, Daintree 
obtained this variety from the Tivoli Coal Mine, Ipswich, and W. Souttar 
from Redbank, near Mount Esk, Brisbane River, North of Laidley. 4 Mr. 
Pritchard has typical specimens from Park Cutting, near Brisbane. 
T. spatulata , McClelland, var. Daintreei , McCoy. 5 
This variety is represented by the extreme form, in which the leaf is 
long, narrow, and parallel-sided, with a fairly thick midrib, and secondary 
veins disposed at right angles to it, dichotomizing close to the point of 
emergence. 
The localities for typical specimens of this variety are very numerous 
in Victoria, and include the Barrabool Hills, near Geelong, Murndal on 
the Wannon River, and Cape Patterson (McCoy); the fore-shore between 
Grice's Creek and Mornington (Hall, Pritchard, and Kitson); Burnes 
Creek, Callignee, Wild Dog Creek, Jeetho, Griffith's Point, Mirboo South, 
Whitelaw, and South Warragul in Gippsiand (Stirling); Kongwak and 
Jumbunna in Gippsiand, and Irvine's Creek, Cape Otway District 
(Seward). The variety daintreei occurs very sparingly at the present 
locality, Whitelaw R.S. 
Notes on the venation of Tceniopteris leaves. 
The following are the results of an examination of the venation of the 
leaves of Tceniopteris , and will show that as regards the vein-spacing, very 
little value can be attached to this as a distinguishing feature. 
(1) Abhandl. Kon. bohm. Gesellsch. Wiss. Prague. Ser. VII Vo]. III. No. 6. 1SS9. p. 65. pi. II figs. 6-10. 
(2) Spisuv poctenych Jubilejni cenou : Son. bohm. Gesell. Wiss. Prague, Vol. III. 1890, pi. VIII. fig. 14, 
(3) loc. cit., p. 4. 
(i) Geol and pal. Queensland, Jick and Etheridge, 189?, p 374. 
(5) Trans. Ro/. Soc., Viet., 1860, Vo!. V.p. 97. Prod Paf. Viet., 1875, Dec. II. p. 15, pi, XIV. figs. 1, 2. 
