156 



ORIGINAL AETICLES. 



The Tertiary and existing Mora of Europe. — The genera common 

 to the Tertiary Flora of Switzerland, and the recent Flora of Europe, 

 as shown in the above table, are about 76 in number ; (Dicots. 60 ; 

 Monocots. 16) or 12 fewer than are common to the Tertiary beds and 

 the South United States Flora, and but 1 fewer than are common to 

 the same and Japan. 



Of the characteristic orders and groups of the Swiss Tertiary the 

 constituents in the existing Flora of Europe are — 



