SPECIMENS OF FOSSIL WOODS IN NATAL MUSEUM. 349 



Mus. No. 223. — Surface near Mission Station beyond 

 Ebanjeni Store, Zulnland. Natal Coal Measures ? Natal 

 Geological Survey, 1904. 



Mus. No. 221 . — Krantzkop, Natal. Natal Coal Measures ? 

 Collected by J. Landsberg, 1907. Specimen is a piece of 

 trunk about 15 in. in diameter. Annual rings well marked by 

 infiltration of black iron oxide through the " spring wood." 

 Preservation good. 



Mus. No. 218. — Klipfontein, Highlands, Natal. Ecca ? 



Mus. No. 224.— Bergville, Natal. Probably Natal Coal 

 Measures. Natal Geological Survey, 1905. 



Mus. No. 174. — Orbiefontein, near Harrismith. Probably 

 Natal Coal Measures. Collected by H. P. Smith, 1905. 

 Specimen greyish-brown with annual rings marked out by 

 infiltration of black oxide of iron through the spring wood. 



Mus. No. 226. — Reproach Farm, Van Reenen, Natal. 

 Probably Natal Coal Measures. Collected by W. Culling- 

 worth, 1910. 



Mus, No. 228. — Normandien, foot of Drakensberg. Natal 

 Coal Measui-es. Collected by F. Stayner, 1911. 



Mus. No. 220. — Phosphate Beds. Weenen, Natal. Ecca 

 or Beaufort. This fossil wood consists largely of phosphate 

 of lime. Preservation poor. 



Mils. No. 225. — Dug up in donga, associated with reptile 

 remains. " Will Brook," Estcourt, Natal. Probabh^ Beaufort 

 Beds. Collected by Mrs. E. Turner, 1905. 



The reptile remains are characteristic of the Beaufort 

 Beds. Neither the reptile fossils nor the pieces of silicified 

 wood were water-worn, and it would therefore ajipear that 

 they were not ti'ansported. 



Mus. No. 227.— False Bay, Zulnland. Cretaceous? Natal 

 Geological Survey, 1904. The fossil wood was pale in colour 

 and very completely silicified. The histological characters 

 were not well preserved. In a part of a section bordered 

 pits could be made out in one, two or three closely packed 

 rows. The wood is undoubtedly coniferous, and there is 

 nothing to distinguish it from the wood of the Natal Coal 



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