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_.