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Rhizomopteris Etheridgei, Seward. 
The series of specimens from the Proprietary Mine, Coal Creek, is of 
the greatest interest, from the fact that it affords evidence of the actual 
relationship of the plant-remains hitherto referred to as Taeniopteris and 
Rhizomopteris respectively. Similar specimens of the latter were described 
Seward, who suggested that they belonged to a fern which bcre fronds 
possibly of the type Cladophlebis denticulata, var. australis . Some of 
the present examples show the basal portion of fronds of Taeniopteris of 
the varietal form Daintreei in juxtaposition to the creeping stem. There 
can be very little doubt as to the relationship of these roots and leaves, 
for in an extensive series of specimens there are no other plant-remains, 
and these two occur in abundance. Zeiller has already referred to the 
probable habit of Taeniopteris fronds growing in tufts as in Scolopen- 
drium, and figures an example which supports the statement 1 . 
Podozamites Kidstoni , Eth. fil. 
Geol. & Pal. of Queensland, 1892, p. 317, pi., XVIII. fig. 6. 
Several examples of fossil plant-remains referable to Podozamites 
Kidstoni occur in the present series, from Archie’s Creek, Ruby Creek, 
and Binginwarri, all in South Gippsland. Its occurrence for the first 
time in Victoria is especially noteworthy, since it was only known previously 
from the Burrum Coal-fields near Maryborough, Queensland. The latter 
horizon is below the Ipswich Series, and may be Triassic in age. 
Genera and Species Noted in the Foregoing Report. 
( ?)Marehantites sp. 
Bryo phyla. 
Equisetites sp. 
Equisetales. 
Fili/cales. 
Coniopteris hymenophylloides , Brongn. sp. var. ausiralica, Seward. 
Cladophlebis denticulata , Brongn. sp., var. australis , Morris. 
Sphenopteris ampla, McCoy. 
Sphenopteris ampla, McCoy, var., crassinervis , McCoy. 
Thinnfeldia odontopteroides , Morris sp. 
Thinnfeldia Maccoyi, Seward. 
Taeniopteris spatulata, McClelland. 
Taeniopteris spatulata , var., Carruthersi , T. Woods. 
Taeniopteris spatulata, var., Daintreei, McCoy. 
Taeniopteris spatulata, var., crenata, McClelland. 
Rhizomopteris Etheridgei, Seward. (Probably roots of Taeniopteris ')- 
Ginkgoales. 
Baiera australis, McCoy. 
Gymnosperms of uncertain apfinities. 
Carpolithes sp. 
Comtes sp. 
Coniferales. 
Araucarites sp. 
Araucarioxylon sp. 
cf. Albertia australis, McCov. 
Palissya australis, McCoy. 
Taxites sp. 
Brachyphyllum gippslandicum, McCoy. 
1. Op, supra cit,, p. 69, pi. XT. fig'. 4. 
