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ture, besides describing and figuring some species^ which are 

 considered as new to science. These are as follows: Sph(erococcites 

 Laubei of the Algae, Litsaa bohemica of the Laiiracese, Proteoides 

 Reiissi of the Proteaceae and Callislemophylliim Bnideri of the 

 Myrtaceae. 



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. turoniciun, 

 while Sequoia, Widdringtonia and Pinus were among the 

 Conifers. The dicotyledons were represented by species of 

 Ficus, L,aurus, Dryandra, several interesting species of Aralia, 

 besides Hedera, Credneria, Magnolia, Bombax, Sterculia and 

 Eucalyptus. 



H. B. GkiniTz: The fossils of Sachsen-Altenburgy^- 



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 Najadaceae are enumerated under the same 

 group, the dicotyledoneous plants, and that Nyssa is placed 

 under Santalaceae, 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. Renault: Retmode7id7'on Rig olio ti nov. gen.f 



It is a marked characteristic of the plants from the permo- 



* Die Versteiuerungen des Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg. (Mitteiluugen 

 aus dem Osterlande, Vol. 5, New Series, Altenburg i. S. — A. 1892, p. 161.) 



tSur iin nouveau genre de tige permo-carbonifere, C. G. Retinodendron 

 Rigolloti. (Comptes Rendus hebdom. d. seances de I'Acad. d. sc. Vol. 

 cxv. Paris, 1S92 p. 339.) 



