208 Systematik d. Phanerogamen. — Palaeontologie. — Agricultur. 



Vaccari, L. e R. Buser, Stazioni e forme di Alcliemille nuove 

 per la flora Valdostana. (Bull. Soc. bot. it. [1906.] p. 59 

 -72.) 



Dans cette contribution ä la connaissance des Alchemilles de la 

 Vallee d'Aoste sont d^crites deux especes et une vari^t6 

 nouvelles: A. Vaccariana Buser, A. radiisecta Buser, A. glaberrima 

 Schmidt var. subparlita Buser. R. Pampanini. 



Fritel, [P.], Sur les argiles ypr^siennes de l'Aisne et les 

 conditions climat^riques ä l'epoque lutetienne. (C. R. 

 Acad. Sc. Paris. CXLII. 29 juin 1906. p. 1579—1580.) 



L'auteur a d^^couvert dans les argiles ypresiennes de la partie 

 meridionale du departement de l'Aisne, ä Troesnes, un gise- 

 ment de vegetaux fossiles renfermant ä peu pres les memes especes 

 que l'on observe dans les gres de Beileu, mais infiniment mieux 

 conservees. 11 signale notamment Cinnamomiim Lartetl Wat., 

 C'inn. sezannense Sap., Daphnogene elegans Wat., Persea Brongniarti 

 Wat., Persea Celenensis Wat., Ficiis Deshayesl Wat. 



L'ampleur du feuillage de la plupart des especes indique un 

 climat chaud et humide et contraste avec les formes rabougries et 

 coriaces du calcaire grossier superieur, lesquelles attestent la 

 se'cheresse du climat ä l'epoque lutetienne. R. Zeiller. 



QiiARTERLY JOURNAL of the Institute of Commercial Research 

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The Liverpool Institute of Commercial Research in the tropics 

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