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The great majority of Nicol's sections are from Newcastle. In 

 a collection which Mr. A. G. Hamilton, of Willoughby, New 

 South Wales, very kindly placed in my hands for examination, 

 I have recognised several sections from Avondale, Mount Kembla, 

 Mount Keira, and Bellambi, all in the Illawarra district, as 

 probably identical with this species. 



Fig. 41. — Dadoxy Ion australe, sp. nov. Transverse section. V. 8299. x 30. 



Mr. Hamilton informs me that petrified wood is very common in 

 the Newcastle Series of New South Wales, especially in the Illawarra 

 district, in association with Glossopteris. Large trunks of trees 

 have been found at Mount Kembla, and elsewhere stumps and 

 trunks, as well as smaller fragments, are common. As far back 



