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Newcastle beds of Shepherd’s Hill, Newcastle, bears circular, expanded leaf- 
sheaths similar to that shown in Fig. 1 ; but the difference in geological horizon 
renders identity very unlikely. 
The Victorian fossil may be described, with some hesitation, as isolated 
nodal diaphragms of an Equisetaceous stem, similar to those described from 
European jurassic rocks. 
Locality : Allotment 33d, parish of Kongwak, S. Gippsland. 
Specimen 204 is the reverse of 203. (Fig. 1). 
CLASS LYCOPODIALES. 
GENUS LYCOPODITES, BRONGNIART. 
Lycopodites Victorise, sp. nov. 
Figs. 2-4. 
The definition of Lycopodites falcatus, L. and IT.,* * * § might be quoted as apply¬ 
ing equally well to the specimens from Victoria, but the more delicate nature 
and smaller size of the Australian form seem to render advisable the use of a 
distinct name. In dealing with these fragments which show no trace of repro¬ 
ductive organs it is impossible to speak with confidence as to specific difference 
when size is the chief distinguishing feature, but, as a matter of convenience, 
I have suggested the designation Lycopodites Victories. 
The fragments shown in Figs. 2 and 3 (Specimens 68, 207) are portions of 
a plant characterized by its repeatedly forked shoots bearing two rows of 
laterally disposed leaves arranged in one plane ; the short and broad leaves 
appear to be of delicate texture, the lower margin is strongly convex with an 
upward-directed apex, the upper margin is almost straight or slightly concave ; 
the lamina shows no trace of veins. 
Fig. 2 (68). This specimen, 1.8 cm. in length, and 2.1 cm. in breadth, shows 
very clearly the arrangement and form (Fig. 2a) of the leaves, the largest of 
which have a length of 2 mm. 
Fig. 3 (207, Welshpool). A less perfect specimen in which the forking of 
the branches is well illustrated. 
Fig. 4 (207) represents more clearly the dichotomous habit of the plant. 
Among fossil forms this species approaches most nearly to Lycopodites falcatus, 
the range of which has recently been extended to Bornholm.t A species 
from the Rajmahal series of India described by Oldham and Morris as Arau- 
carites (?) gracilis% agrees closely with the Victorian specimens, but in size the 
Indian plant is nearer to the English species Lycopodites falcatus. The 
Bajmahal specimens should undoubtedly be referred to Lycopodites and not 
To Araucarites ; they may indeed be identical with L. falcatus .§ Among 
recent plants, certain species of Selaginella are practically identical. As 
regards habit and leaf-form, with Lycopodites Victories, but in the fossil frag¬ 
ments no trace of two kinds of leaves has been detected. 
Locality : Welshpool, S. Gippsland. 
* Lindley and Hutton (31), PI. LXI. 
f Moller (02), PL VI., Fig. 21. 
X Oldham and Morris (63), PL XXXIII., Figs. 1 and 2 ; Pl. XXXV., Figs. 1 and 2. 
§ Seward (00), p. 70. 
