. Catalogue of the fossil plants of the Glossopteris flora in the Department of geology. Paleobotany -- Carboniferous; Paleobotany -- Catalogs and collections; Plants, Fossil -- Catalogs and collections. sr iiizonixrv. 9 Zeillor' has recently figured a specimen showing two leaf-bearing branches attached to two successive nodes of a stem at an angle of 45° to 50°. These are the first instances in which such branches have been found attached. Some years ago Mr. Etheridge, jun.,2 figured some imperfect fragments of a Schizoneura, from a coal-seam near the top of the Upper Productive Coal-measures
. Catalogue of the fossil plants of the Glossopteris flora in the Department of geology. Paleobotany -- Carboniferous; Paleobotany -- Catalogs and collections; Plants, Fossil -- Catalogs and collections. sr iiizonixrv. 9 Zeillor' has recently figured a specimen showing two leaf-bearing branches attached to two successive nodes of a stem at an angle of 45° to 50°. These are the first instances in which such branches have been found attached. Some years ago Mr. Etheridge, jun.,2 figured some imperfect fragments of a Schizoneura, from a coal-seam near the top of the Upper Productive Coal-measures in New South Wales, as S. aus- tralis, sp. nov. More recently,3 better preserved specimens from Balmain, New South Wales, have been obtained, and these appear to me to be identical with S. gondwanensis, Feist., of Fig. 4.—Schizoneura gondwanensis, Feist. A specimen from New South Wales, showing- the cones. After Etheridge. Slightly reduced. These recent specimens are very interesting, as they show the fructification. Iu one of the specimens figured the leaf-bearing axis is terminated by a pair of compact strobili of 2-2*5 cm. in length (Text-fig. 4). Unfortunately, however, the preservation is not sufficiently good to afford any details as to the morphological structure of the cone. Schizoneura gondwanensis is known only from India and New South Wales. 1 Zeiller (02 ), p. 2fi, pi. vi, figs. 1-4. 2 Etheridge, jun. (93), p. 77, pi. xiii; (94), p. 32, pi. vii, fig. 1. 3 Etheridge, jun. (03), p. 234, pis. xlviii, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Geology; Arber, E. A. Newell (Edward Alexander Newell), 1870-1918. London, Printed by order of the Trustees
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