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in Gippsland. There is also a doubtful example, represented by a some¬ 
what denuded stem, from the Jurassic of Bellarine, near Geelong, in the 
National Museum collection. 
Palissva australis , McCoy. 
Palissya australis , McCoy , 1900, in Stirling’s Report No. 7, on Vic¬ 
torian Coalfields, PI. III., Figs. 8, 9. 
The Victorian Mesozoic species figured under the above name by McCoy 
in Stirling's Report, is closely comparable with Palissya Brauni , 
Endlicher 1 , as well as with some of the specimens figured by Feistmantel 
from the Indian (Rajmahal) Flora, especially P. conferta, Oldham and 
Morris sp. 2 The decurrent habit of the leaves in P. australis , in common 
with other described species of this genus helps to distinguish the Vic¬ 
torian form from branches of the type Taxites, which may best include 
those in which the leaves are closely set upon the stem and spirally 
arranged, but not decurrent. 
Figs, 2 and 4 are cones which may belong to Palissya australis , since 
they are closely associated with the leaves of that species; in one instance, 
moreover, there is a leaf typical of Palissya attached to the base of the 
pedicle which ’ bears the cone. These cones are of small size compared 
with those of P. Brauni , but they bear a general resemblance to, those 
already known from the Rhaetic and Oolite. Fig. 5, PI. XXXV., is a 
fragmentary specimen of Palissya australis. The peculiar transverse par¬ 
titions seen on the upper part of the stem may be due to fragments of the 
leaves bent backward and lying across it. 
Cheirolepis cf. setosus, Phillips sp. 
Brae hyp hyllu m setosum, Phillips, 1875, Geol. Yorkshire,, p. 229, wood- 
cut 60. Schimper and Schenk, in Zittel's Traite de Paleontologie, 1891, 
P- 2 78 . 
Cheirolepis setosus, Phill. sp., Seward, 1900, Cat. Mesozoic Plants, 
Frit. Mus., Jurassic Flora, pt. 1 ., p. 294, text figure 53A and b. 
Several fragments of a plant agreeing in many characters with the 
Jurassic species above quoted, occur in this collection. One specimen has 
sharp lanceolate leaves arranged .close to the stem,; it bears a near resem¬ 
blance to Seward’s figure 538 (loc. cit. supra) of a specimen from Scar¬ 
borough in the Whitby Museum. Both genus and species are new to 
Australia. 
List of Jurassic Plants mentioned in this Report. 
Filicales. 
Coniopteris hymenophylloides, Brongn. sp., var. australica, Seward.— 
Nos. (?) 173, 186. 
Cladophlebis denticulata, Brongn, sp., var. australis , Morris.—Nos. 
135 . i 5 °> * 59 > (?)i68. 
Sphenopteris ampla , McCoy.—No. 140. 
Thinnfeldia odoritopteroides, Morris sp.—Nos. 130, 133, 134, 136, 
(?) 1 37 , M 5 > i62 > i6 9 > i8i > i8 3 > i8 9 : 
Thinnfeldia Maccoyi, Seward.—Nos. 136, (7)139, 140, 147, (7)148, 
( ? )VS 3 > ( ? ) I 54 ? i 64 -_ 
Thinnfeldia sp. indet.—Nos. 144, 156, ( 7 ) 16.6, 170, 177, 178, 184, 
185, (7)187, ( ? )!93- 
Thinnfeldia (?) indie a , Feistmantel.—No. 187. 
(1) See Schimper and Schenk in Z ttel, Traite de PaHontologie, 1391, p 324. fig. 230 
(2) See Feistmantel-Palseontologia Indica, 1877,' Ser. II. Vol. I., pt 2, p. 85 (137), pi. XLVIII. fig. 5. 
