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CHAPTER XXVII

=GENERA OF PTERIDOSPERMS, FERNS, AND= _PLANTAE INCERTAE SEDIS_. Pp. 484–580.

_Taeniopteris_ 485–494; _Weichselia_ 494–496; _Glossopteris_ 496–512; _Gangamopteris_ 512–517; _Lesleya_ 517–519; _Neuropteridium_ 519–523; _Cardiopteris_ 523–525; _Aphlebia_ 525–529; _Sphenopteris_ 529–532; _Mariopteris_, _Diplotmema_, _Palmatopteris_ 532–537; _Cephalotheca_ 537; _Thinnfeldia_ 537–544; _Lomatopteris_ 544–546; _Cycadopteris_ 546; _Ptilozamites_ 546–548; _Ctenopteris_ 548–550; _Dichopteris_ 550–552; _Odontopteris_ 552–556; _Callipteris_ 557–559; _Callipteridium_ 560; _Archaeopteris_ 552–565; _Neuropteris_ 565–571; _Cyclopteris_ 571, 572; _Linopteris_ 572, 573; _Alethopteris_ 573–576; _Lonchopteris_ 576; _Pecopteris_ 576–580.

INDEX Pp. 609–624

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Several of the illustrations are printed from blocks for which I am indebted to learned societies or to individuals. The sources from which clichés were obtained are mentioned within square brackets.

FRONTISPIECE. _Thamnopteris Schlechtendalii_ (Eich.). From a photograph given to me by Dr Kidston and Mr Gwynne-Vaughan. (Page 329.)

FIG. PAGE 112. _Sphenophyllostachys_ 2 113. ╭ _Sphenophyllostachys Römeri_ 3 ┤ _Sphenophyllum trichomatosum_ ╰ _S. majus_ 114, 115. _Sphenophyllostachys fertilis_ 4, 5 [Council of the Royal Society of London.] 116. _Sphenophyllostachys Dawsoni_ 6 [Mr A. G. Tansley, Editor of the New Phytologist.] 117. ╭ _Cheirostrobus pettycurensis_ 8 ╰ _Pseudobornia ursina_ 118. _Psilotum triquetrum_ 18 119. _Psilotum triquetrum_ (anatomy) 20 120. _Tmesipteris tannensis_ 22 121. _Lycopodium_ (seven species) 35 122. _Lycopodium squarrosum_ 36 123. _Lycopodium cernuum_ 37 124. _Lycopodium obscurum_ 38 125. _Lycopodium_ (anatomy of stem) 41 126. _Lycopodium_ (anatomy of cones) 45 127–129. _Lycopodium cernuum_ (cone) 47–49 [Council of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.] 130. _Selaginella grandis_ 50 131. _Selaginella_ (anatomy) 52 132. ╭ _Isoetes echinospora_ 59 ╰ _I. lacustris_ 133. _Isoetes lacustris_ (anatomy) 62 134. _Pleuromeia Sternbergi_ 70 135. _Selaginellites_ and _Lycopodites_ 80 136. _Lycopodites lanceolatus_ 81 [Council of the Geological Society of London.] 137. _Lycopodites falcatus_ 83 138. _Selaginellites primaevus_ 86 139. _Lycostrobus Scotti_ 89 140. _Picea excelsa_ 94 141. _Lepidodendron Sternbergii_ 97 142. _Sigillaria_ (leaves) 98 143. _Lepidodendron_ (leaves) 99 144. _Lepidodendron Veltheimianum_ 101 145. Lepidodendron leaf-cushion 102 146. Lepidodendron and Lepidophloios leaf-cushions 104 147. Lepidophloios leaf-cushion 108 148–155. _Lepidodendron vasculare_ 112–122 156. _Knorria mirabilis_ 125 157. _Lepidodendron Veltheimianum_ (_Ulodendron_) 129 158. Diagrammatic section illustrating the branch-theory of the Ulodendroid scar 132 [Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.] 159. _Pinus clausa_ 134 160. _Lepidophloios scoticus_ 135 161. _Halonia tortuosa_ 136 162–167. _Lepidodendron fuliginosum_ 143–147 [Council of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.] 168. _Lepidodendron vasculare_ and _L. fuliginosum_ 148 169. _Lepidodendron fuliginosum_ 149 170–172. _L. fuliginosum_ 150–152 173. _Lepidodendron obovatum_ 154 174–176. _Lepidodendron aculeatum_ 155, 156 [Oxford University Press: Annals of Botany.] 177. _Stigmaria radiculosa_ 157 178. Stigmarian rootlet 158 179. _Lepidodendron Harcourtii_ and _L. fuliginosum_ 162 180. _Lepidodendron Wünschianum_ 163 181, 182. _L. Wünschianum_ 165, 166 183, 184. _L. Wünschianum_ 168, 169 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 185. _Lepidodendron Veltheimianum_ 173 186. _L. Veltheimianum_ and _L. macrophyllum_ 176 187. _Lepidodendron australe_ 179 [Dr H. Woodward, Editor of the Geological Magazine.] 188, 189. _Lepidostrobus_ 183, 184 190. _Lepidodendron_ and _Lepidostrobi_ 186 191. _Lepidostrobus_ 188 192. _Spencerites insignis_ 193 [Oxford University Press: Annals of Botany.] 193. _Sigillaria elegans_, _S. rugosa_, _S. tessellata_, _Omphalophloios anglicus_ 197 194. _Sigillaria McMurtriei_ 199 195. _Sigillaria mammillaris_ 199 196. _Sigillaria Brardi_, _S. laevigata_, and _Lepidodendron Wortheni_ 200 197. _Carica_ sp. 202 198, 199. _Sigillaria_ 205, 206 200. _Sigillaria Brardi_ 212 201. _Sigillariostrobus_ 216 202. _Sigillaria elegans_ and _S. elongata_ 220 203. _Sigillaria Brardi_ 225 204, 205. _Stigmaria ficoides_ 227, 228 206. _Cyperus papyrus_ 230 207, 208. Stages in the development of _Sigillaria_ 236 209. _Stigmariopsis_ 237 210. _Stigmaria_ 241 211. _Bothrodendron punctatum_ 250 212. _Bothrodendron minutifolium_, _B. punctatum_, _B. kiltorkense_ and _Lepidostrobus Olryi_ 252 213. _Bothrodendron minutifolium_ 254 214. _Bothrodendron Leslei_ 258 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 215. _Bothrodendron mundum_ 259 216. _Bothrostrobus_ 263 [Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.] 217. _Omphalophloios_ 265 218. _Lepidocarpon Lomaxi_ 273 219. _Miadesmia_ and _Bothrodendron_ 276 220. _Angiopteris evecta_ and _Cycas revoluta_ 283 221. _Osmunda cinnamomea_, _O. regalis_, and _Todea barbara_ 286 222. _Schizaea elegans_ 287 223. _Aneimia rotundifolia_ 288 224. _Aneimia flexuosa_, _A. phyllitidis_, _Hymenophyllum_, _Matonia pectinata_, _Thyrsopteris elegans_, _Gleichenia_ 289 225. _Gleichenia dicarpa_ 290 226. _Gleichenites Rostafinskii_, _Gleichenia dicarpa_, _G. dichotoma_ 290 227. _Matonia pectinata_ 292 [Council of the Royal Society.] 228. _Matonia pectinata_ 293 229. _Thyrsopteris elegans_, _Cyathea spinulosa_, _Dicksonia coniifolia_, _D. culcita_, _Davallia concinna_, _Alsophila excelsa_ 294 230. _Dicksonia Bertervana_ 295 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 231. _Dipteris quinquefurcata_, _D. conjugata_, _D. Wallichii_, and _Polypodium quercifolium_ 297 232. _Davallia aculeata_ 299 233. _Polypodium Billardieri_ 302 234. _Polypodium quercifolium_ 303 235. _Hemitelia capensis_ 304 236 _a_, 236 _b_. _Pteris aquilina_ 305, 306 [Council of the Linnean Society of London.] 237. _Matonia pectinata_, _Matonidium_, _Gleichenia dicarpa_, and _Trichomanes reniforme_ (anatomy) 310 238. _Trichomanes scandens_ 311 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 239. _Platyzoma microphylla_ 312 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 240. _Cyathea Imrayana_ 313 [Editor of the New Phytologist.]. 241. _Angiopteris evecta_ and _Marattia fraxinea_ 317 242. _Angiopteris evecta_ and _Danaea_ 318 243, 244. _Angiopteris evecta_ 319 245. _Marattia fraxinea_, _M. Kaulfussii_, _Kaulfussia_, and _Marattiopsis Münsteri_ 320 246. _Ophioglossum vulgatum_ 322 247. _Botrychium virginianum_ 322 248. _Zalesskya gracilis_ 327 249. _Zalesskya diploxylon_ 328 250. _Thamnopteris Schlechtendalii_ 330 251. _Lonchopteris virginiensis_ 331 252. _Osmundites Dunlopi_ 333 253, 254. _Osmundites Kolbei_ 334, 335 [Editor of the Geological Magazine.] 255. _O. Kolbei_ 336 256. _Cladophlebis denticulata_, _Todites Williamsoni_, _Discopteris Rallii_, _Kidstonia heracleensis_, and _Todeopsis primaeva_ 340 257, 258. _Cladophlebis denticulata_ 342, 345 259. _Klukia exilis_ 348 [Council of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.] 260. _Ruffordia Goepperti_ 349 261. _Chrysodium lanzaeanum_, _Lygodium Kaulfussi_, _Marattia Hookeri_ 350 262. _Gleichenites longipennis_, _G. delicatula_, _G. Nordenskioldi_ and _G. Zippei_ 354 263. _Gleichenites hantonensis_ 356 [Council of the Palaeontographical Society.] 264. _Laccopteris elegans_ 357 [Council of the Royal Society.] 265. _Matonidium Wiesneri_, _Marattiopsis marantacea_, _Gleichenites_ _gracilis_, _Laccopteris Goepperti_, and _L. Muensteri_ 358 266. _Laccopteris polypodioides_ 359 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 267. _Laccopteris_ 359 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 268. ? _Laccopteris polypodioides_ 360 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 269. _Matonidium Goepperti_ 362 [Editor of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.] 270. _Senftenbergia elegans_, _Oligocarpia Brongniartii_, _Trichomanes sp._, _Hymenophyllum tunbridgense_, _Sphenopteris (Hymenophyllites) quadridactylites_ 364 271. _Coniopteris hymenophylloides_ 368 [Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.] 272. _C. hymenophylloides_ 369 273. _Coniopteris quinqueloba_ 370 274. _Coniopteris arguta_ 371 275. _Coniopteris arguta_ and _C. hymenophylloides_ 372 276. _Oncopteris Nettvalli_ 373 277. _Protopteris punctata_ 373 278. _Laccopteris polypodioides_, _L. Muensteri_, _Dicksonia_, _Onychiopsis Mantelli_, _Hausmannia Sewardi_, _H. Kohlmanni_, and _Protopteris Witteana_ 374 279. _Adiantides antiquus_ and _A. lindsayoides_ 376 280. _Onychiopsis Mantelli_ 379 281. _Dictyophyllum exile_ 381 282. _Dictyophyllum Nilssoni_, _Rhizomopteris Schenki_, _Camptopteris spiralis_, and _D. exile_ 382 283. _Dictyophyllum rugosum_ 384 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 284. _Thaumatopteris Münsteri_ 386 285. _Clathropteris meniscoides_ 387 286. _Clathropteris egyptiaca_ 388 [Editor of the Geological Magazine.] 287. _Camptopteris spiralis_ 389 288. _Hausmannia dichotoma_ 391 289. _Hausmannia sp._ 393 290. _Alethopteris lonchitica_, _Lonchopteris rugosa_, _Sphenopteris Hoeninghausi_, _Parapecopteris neuropteroides_,and _Pecopteris (Dactylotheca) plumosa_ 399 291. _Ptychocarpus unita_, _Asterotheca Sternbergii_, _Danaeites sarepontanus_, _Hawlea Miltoni_, _H. pulcherrima_, _Scolecopteris elegans_ 400 292. _Dactylotheca plumosa_ 405 293. _D. plumosa_ 406 294. _Nathorstia angustifolia_ and _N. latifolia_ 410 295. _Psaronius_ 414 296. _Psaronius infarctus_, _P. coalescens_, _P. musaeformis_, and _P. asterolithus_ 416 297. _Pecopteris Sterzeli_ 419 298. _Caulopteris peltigera_ and _Megaphyton insigne_ 421 299. _Ptychopteris_ 423 300. _Dicksonia antarctica_ 424 301. _Rhacopteris sp._ 427 302. _Noeggerathia foliosa_ 429 303. _Chiropteris Zeilleri_ 430 [Annals of the South African Museum.] 304. _Tubicaulis solenites_ 435 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 305. _Botryopteris cylindrica_ 439 306. _Botryopteris ramosa_ 441 307. _Botryopteris antiqua_ 442 308. _Clepsydropsis antiqua_, _Etapteris Scotti_, _Diplolabis forensis_, _Zygopteris primaria_, _Stauropteris oldhamia_ 444 309. _Diplolabis forensis_, _Botryopteris forensis_, _Corynepteris coralloides_, _Schizopteris pinnata_ 445 310. _Metaclepsydropsis duplex_, _Stauropteris oldhamia_, _Ankyropteris scandens_ 450 311. _Ankyropteris Grayi_ 451 312. _Thamnopteris Schlechtendalii_, _Ankyropteris corrugata_, _A. bibractensis_ 453 313. _Ankyropteris bibractensis_ 454 314. _Ankyropteris corrugata_ 457 315. _Ankyropteris corrugata_ 458 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 316, 317. _Ankyropteris corrugata_ 459, 460 318. _Etapteris Scotti_ 462 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 319. _Etapteris_, _Botryopteris forensis_ 463 320. _Stauropteris oldhamia_ 464 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 321. _Stauropteris oldhamia_ 467 322. _Stauropteris oldhamia_ 468 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 323. _Stauropteris_ 469 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 324. _Asterochlaena laxa_ 472 [Editor of the New Phytologist.] 325. Sporocarp-like bodies (? _Sagenopteris_) 478 326. _Regnellidium diphyllum_, _Sagenopteris rhoifolia_ 479 327. _Sagenopteris Phillipsi_ 480 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 328. _Sagenopteris Phillipsi_ 481 [Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.] 329. _Taeniopteris multinervis_, _Lesleya Delafondi_ 487 330. _Taeniopteris Carnoti_, _T. spatulata_, _T. coriacea_ 490 331. _Taeniopteris Carruthersi_ 491 [Annals of the South African Museum.] 332. _Taeniopteris vittata_ 493 333. _Weichselia Mantelli_, _W. erratica_ 495 334. _Glossopteris Browniana_ 499 [Council of the Geological Society of London.] 335, 336. _Glossopteris Browniana_ 500, 501 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 337. _Vertebraria indica_ 502 338. _Vertebraria indica_, _Onoclea struthiopteris_ 503 339. Glossopteris fronds attached to rhizome 504 340, 341. _Glossopteris indica_, _G. angustifolia_ 506, 507 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 342. _Glossopteris angustifolia_ var. _taeniopteroides_ 508 [Council of the Geological Society.] 343. _Blechnoxylon talbragarense_ 509 344. _Glossopteris retifera_ 511 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 345. _Gangamopteris cyclopteroides_ 515 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 346. _Arberia sp._ 517 347. _Lesleya simplicinervis_ 518 348. _Neuropteridium validum_ 520 [Trustees of the British Museum.] 349. _Neuropteridium intermedium_ 522 350. _Cardiopteris frondosa_ 524 351. _Gunnera manicata_ 527 352. _Sphenopteris obtusiloba_, _Pecopteris arborescens_, _Sphenopteris furcata_ 529 353. _Sphenopteris affinis_ 531 354. _Palmatopteris_, _Mariopteris_, _Diplotmema Zeilleri_, _Neuropteris macrophylla_, _N. heterophylla_, _N. Scheuchzeri_, _Alloiopteris Essinghii_ 535 355. _Cephalotheca mirabilis_ 536 356. _Thinnfeldia odontopteroides_, _Ptilozamites_ 539 [Council of the Geological Society.] 357. _Thinnfeldia odontopteroides_ 540 [Council of the Geological Society.] 358. _Thinnfeldia odontopteroides_ 541 [Annals of the South African Museum.] 359. _Thinnfeldia rhomboidalis_ 542 360. _Lomatopteris jurensis_, _L. Schimperi_, _Thinnfeldia rhomboidalis_ 544 361. _Ptilozamites Heeri_ 547 362. _Ctenopteris cycadea_ 549 363. _Dichopteris visianica_ 551 364. _Alethopteris lonchitica_, _Mariopteris muricata_, _Odontopteris_ cf. _alpina_ 553 365. _Odontopteris minor_ 554 366. _Odontopteris genuina_, _Callipteridium gigas_, _Callipteris Pellati_, _C. lyratifolia_ 557 367. _Callipteris conferta_ 559 368. _Archaeopteris hibernica_ 561 369. _Archaeopteris hibernica_, _A. archetypus_, _A.fissilis_, _A. fimbriata_ 564 370. _Neuropteris_ with Cyclopteris leaflets 566 [From a block received from Mr Carruthers.] 371. _Neuropteris heterophylla_ 568 372. _Neuropteris macrophylla_ 569 373. _Neuropteris Scheuchzeri_ 570 374. _Linopteris neuropteroides_ 573 375. _Alethopteris Serlii_ 575 376. _Pecopteris arborescens_ 578

ERRATA IN VOL. I

Page 16, line 4. For “The North American Tulip tree” read The Tulip tree of North America and China.

„ 66, line 2 from the bottom. For “Browera” read Berowra.

„ 127, line 3 and 4 from bottom. For _Achyla_ and _Palaeachyla_ read _Achlya_ and _Palaeachlya_.

„ 145, lines 4 and 5. For “Upper Greensand” read Lower Eocene.

„ 162, line 3 from bottom. For “_Corallina barbata_” read _Cymopolia barbata_.

„ 170, line 20. For “sporangiaphore” read sporangiophore.

„ 185, line 2. The genera _Udotea_ and _Halimeda_, members of the Siphoneae, are incorrectly included under the Corallinaceae.

„ 191, line 11 from bottom. Omit _Chondrus crispus_, which is one of the Florideae and not a Brown Alga.

„ 202, line 13. For “_Halmeda_” read _Halimeda_.

„ 250, line 11. For “three” read the.

„ 381, line 10. For “_Calamopytus_” read _Calamopitys_.