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language was spoken. Dr. Harrison was characterized by all the good 

 qualities of a citizen and a friend, and all young men who had intercourse 

 with hira, in his capacity as a teacher of anatomy, would gladly bear 

 testimony to his skill and assiduity in communicating to others the 

 knowledge he possessed so largely himself. It afforded him a melan- 

 choly pleasure to second the resolution proposed. 



The resolution was unanimously adopted by the Meeting, and ordered 

 to be placed on record in the proceedings of the Association. 



The following paper was then read : — 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FOSSIL FLORA OF THE LOWER CARBONIFEROUS BEDS OF 

 GERMANY AND IRELAND, FROM SPECIMENS PRESERYED IN THE MUSEUM 

 OF TRINITY COLLEGE. BY THE REV. SAMUEL HAUGHTON, FELLOW OF 

 TRINITY COLLEGE, AND PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF 

 DUBLIN. 



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Plate III. represents, on a scale one-half that of nature, a fine speci- 

 men of Knorria (named Sagenaria Veltheimii (Sternberg), and Knorria 

 imlricata (Goppert), by the German palaeontologists). It is a cast of the 

 woody axi3 of this genus, and exhibits well the dichotomous arrangement 

 of its branches, and the imbricated, spirally- arranged leaf-scars character- 

 istic of the Lepidodendra, to which it is evidently allied. 



Locality : Hayntren, Saxony. 



Geol. horizon : Base of the Lower Carboniferous. 



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Plate IV., Figs. 1 and 2. — Side view and cross section of imperfectly 

 preserved stem of plant, showing central coaly axis and longitudinal 

 striations on external surface ; natural size. I cannot refer this plant 

 satisfactorily to any known form. It is a cast of the woody axis of some 

 form of Lycopodiaceous or Endogenous plant ; but the central tube pre- 

 sents a structure different from that of any recent forms. The character 

 of the external surface of the cast is better seen in Plate X., which 

 shows the structure of the base of the leaves. 



Locality : Harry lock Bay, county of "Wexford. 



Geol. horizon : Yellow sandstone, 380 feet below the lowest bed of 

 Carboniferous Limestone. 



