This genus, founded by Renault on a specimen from Autun, is represented in the Lower Coal-Measures of England by _Botryopteris hirsuta_ (= _Rachiopteris hirsuta_ Will.), _B. ramosa_ (= _R. ramosa_ Will.[1119]) (fig. 306) and _B. cylindrica_ (fig. 305), also by _B. antiqua_ (fig. 307) from the Culm of Pettycur, Scotland. An important characteristic of the genus is the solid stele of the stem which agrees with that of _Tubicaulis_ and _Grammatopteris_, except in the central or peripheral position of the smallest tracheae. _Botryopteris forensis_ Renault[1120]. Figs. 309, B; 319, D–G. The stem of this species from the Upper Carboniferous of St Étienne is 1·7 cm. x 7·5 mm. in diameter. The solid stele consists of reticulate tracheae with the smallest elements on the outer edge. The comparatively broad cortex of the type-specimen is traversed by a leaf-trace in an almost vertical course and by vascular strands passing horizontally to roots. The petioles are circular in section and their vascular strand has the form of an ω in transverse section (fig. 319, G), the three projecting arms pointing to the axis of the stem. Both stem and leaves bore large multicellular hairs, spoken of by Renault as equisetiform because of the finely toothed sheaths of which they are composed. The compound fronds had fleshy lobed pinnules with dichotomously branched veins (fig. 309, B); stomata are said to be confined to the upper surface, an observation which leads Renault to describe the plant as aquatic on evidence which is hardly convincing.