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This [n named to show that no pains have been spared by me 
to put as full evidence before Dr. Feistmu-ntel of the plants, as 
1 had already done respecting the Marine faunas of the Silurian, 
Devonian, and Carboniferous beds. 
Now, Dr. Feistmantel states that so far from the plants of 
the Coal-seams being exactly the same as those of the Indian 
Coal plant-beds, he thinks that — (“ lice . Gcol. Sur. India,'" ix., 
pt. 4, I87G, ]). 121) # — “ those palaeontologists who declared the 
whole Australian flora as absolutely Jurassic [“ or altogether 
Mesozoic,’* as interpolated in MS. by the author in author’s 
presentation copy], did not distinguish the Lower and Upper 
portion of the Coal Measures. The first contains forms which 
could never support this assertion, while the Upper Measures 
contain, besides those plants without analogy, some other forms 
which certainly can justify the supposition of a Jurassic age 
[altered in MS. as above, to — “ Triassic age, some perhaps also 
Jurassic (Queensland) ”]. 
• “ On page S3, Mr. Blanford gave a scheme of the formations 
in N.S.\V\ Coal-fields (1,2, 3,4, 5, G). Nos. 1 and 2 ( Wianamatta 
and Hawkesbury beds), it is true, have yielded no distinct 
Glossopferis ; but in Tasmania, from which identical fossils with 
those of these two beds are known, Glossopteris occurs, with 
Pecoptcris Australis , PJu/llotheca , and the most important with 
Tcenioplcris Daintreei (M‘Coy), (M‘Coy : “ Prodrom , Decade II." 
p. 15, “Pep, Prog . Gcol. Sur. Viet., 1874, p. 25”). As to 3 and 4, 
of which the first are the Upper Coal Measures of Newcastle, 
Mr. Blanford himself (p. 83) says: “ Nos. 3 and 4 appear to 
be connected by the presence of Glossopteris Drowniana in both, 
although there appears to be a considerable distinction in the 
flora"; and I would add, No. 3 does not contain any animals, 
while in No. 4 Marine animals are found abundantly. 
“On p. 84, Mr. B. enumerates the species, which, as he 
considers, are common to our Damudas and the Australian 
beds, and others which are common to the Damudas, and the 
Triassic rocks in Europe (as 1 pointed out). On these I would 
remark, — 
“ Glossopteris [“2 or 3 species identical. — W.T.B.”] I think 
with great difficulty we may be able to get only one 
common species. 
*On the question — What is the analogy of our Damuda Scries with the 
Lower Coal Measures of Australia? After saying that the analogy is by 
no means what Mr. Blanford seems to think, lie proceeds,—“Any instructive 
or conclusive comparison [“of our Damudas” in MS.] can only be made between 
[“with” in MS.] series that possess fairly represented and characteristic flora. 
For our Damudas this condition can only be said to exist in the Upper Coal 
Measures in Australia, and in some exclusively plant-bearing rocks of Europe.” 
