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ture, besides describing and figuring some species, which are 
considered as new toscience. These are as follows: Spherococcites 
Laubet of the Alge, Litsea bohemica of the Lauraceze, Proteoides 
Reusst of the Proteacecze and Callistemophyllum Bruderi of the 
Myrtacez. 
The ferns are represented by the genera Mertensia, Thyrs- 
opteris, Pteris and Asplenium. Seeds were found of Cycadeos- 
permum, by the author referred to a new species C. ¢uvonicum, 
while Sequoia, Widdringtonia and Pinus were among the 
Conifers. The dicotyledons were represented by species of 
Ficus, Laurus, Dryandra, several interesting species of Aralia, 
besides Hedera, Credneria, Magnolia, Bombax, Sterculia and 
Eucalyptus. 
H. B. Grrnirz: The fossils of Sachsen-Altenburg.* 
Animals and plants are enumerated in this paper as they have 
been discovered in the various geological formations of Sachsen- 
Altenburg. We will merely consider the plants, of which speci- 
mens are noted from the Devonian to the Tertiary formation. 
Chondrites and Harlania are mentioned from the Devonian, 
Calamites from the Carboniferous, Palaeophycus, Sphenopteris, 
Ullmannia and Voltzia from the Zechstone-formation, while a 
considerable number have been noted from the Tertiary and the 
‘‘Braunkohl’’ layers. Among these are a few Cryptogames namely 
Sphaeria and Lygodium, some Palms and Conifers, the last of 
which are placed under Dicotyledones! It may be noted at the 
same time, that the Najadacez are enumerated under the same 
group, the dicotyledoneous plants, and that Nyssa is placed 
under Santalaceze, which misprints seem to have been overlooked. 
The number of species is relatively very small, although 
several of the large genera have been discovered, such as 
Quercus, Ficus, Eucalyptus, Juglans and Carya. 
B. Renautt: Retinodendron Rigolloti nov. gen.t 
It is a marked characteristic of the plants from the permo- 
* Die Versteinerungen des Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg. (Mitteilungen 
aus dem Osterlande, Vol. 5, New Series, Altenburg i. S.—A. 1892, p. 161.) 
+Sur un nouveau genre de tige permo-carboniferé, C. G. Retinodendron 
Rigolloti. (Comptes Rendus hebdom. d. séances de l’Acad. d. se. Vol. 
exv. Paris, 1892 p. 339.) 
