Plate XXVII. 



This Plate represents the appearances of the poHshed surfaces of the Takauiiki 

 and Laurentian rocks, at right angles to the plane of schistosity, excepthig Fig. 4.' 

 Fig. 1, — is the transvers esection of titanite-salite-amphibolite. The dark bands are 



mainly composed of a bacillar amphibole, alternating with the white 



bands of salite whose magnified section is represented in Fig. 2, PI. 



XXVI. (See p. 258.) 

 Fig. 2, — shows the transverse section of a graniilitic gneiss-mica-schist of the 



Takanuki series. Locality : Kamada near Takanuki. (See p. 248.) 

 Fig. 3, — shows also the transverse view of a schistose granite, from the Kawachi 



pass, Naraha gori, Iwaki. (See p. 236.) 

 Fig. 4, — shows a view parallel to the schistose plane of a granite of a dioritic type 



of mineralogical compo.sition, brought from Shimo-Matsukawa, on the 



banks of the Same-gawa. 



