White[1003] described this species (fig. 502, G) from Permo-Carboniferous rocks in Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) as _Cardiocarpon barcellosum_. The nucule is said to be cordate but, as seen in the figure, there is no clear indication of a basal sinus: the presence of a relatively broad ‘wing,’ as White says, entitles the seed ‘to a place in the _Samaropsis_ section of the genus.’ The author of the species compares it with seeds described from Westphalian rocks in Ohio[1004] and Pennsylvania[1005]. It is interesting to find a type which is common in both Europe and North America in the western portion of Gondwana Land. Seeds of similar form are recorded also from India, South Africa, and Australia[1006]. _Samaropsis Seixasi_ (White). This Brazilian species from the same beds is described by White as _Gangamopteris_ (_Samaropsis_) _Seixasi_[1007]: it is characterised by a small ovate nucule 8–10 mm. long and 5 mm. broad, in some specimens surrounded by a complete ‘wing’ extending above the apex and below the base, giving the seed an appearance similar to that of _Samaropsis_ (_Samarospermum_) _moravica_ while sometimes, as in the example shown in fig. 502, F, the broad border is preserved only at the sides. These seeds are abundant in the Santa Catharina beds, where they were discovered by Dr Esdras do Prado Seixas, in association with leaves of _Gangamopteris_, and White thinks that they were borne on the fertile leaves of that genus which he has named _Arberia_[1008]. Although there is as yet no proof of a connexion between _Gangamopteris_ and seeds of this or any other type it is almost certain that it was a seed-producing plant. _Samaropsis Leslii_ sp. nov. [Illustration: Fig. 503. _Samaropsis Leslii_. From Vereeniging, S. Africa. (Mr Leslie’s Collection; nat. size.)] The seed on which this species is founded was discovered by Mr T. N. Leslie in the Ecca beds (Permo-Carboniferous) of Vereeniging, South Africa, a locality from which the same geologist has obtained leaves of _Cordaites_, _Psygmophyllum_, _Glossopteris_ and other genera[1009]. In the slightly cordate base and tapered apex (fig. 503) the nucule agrees closely with those of European examples, but the Vereeniging type is distinguished by its larger dimensions and by the wider border indicating a thick sarcotesta continued basally into a stout stalk. The apex is emarginate and a median rib marks the position of a vascular strand. There is no evidence as to the nature of the parent-plant. _Samaropsis indica_ (Zeiller).