Deposits containing Fossil Plants. 



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Ranunculus aquatilis. 

 Prunus Padus. 

 Potentilla Comarum. 

 Hippuris vulgaris. 

 Apium nodiflorum. 

 Carduus. 

 Menyanthes trifoliata. 



Betula nana. 

 Empetrum nigrum 

 Potamogeton. 

 Carex dioica. 



panicea. 



rostrata. 



Isoetes lacustris. 



Albert Dock, North Woolwich, Essex. 



(Spurrell, 'On the Estuary of the Thames and its 

 Alluvium,' Proc. Geol. Assoc, Vol. XL, pp. 210-230. 1889.) 



A ' Submerged Forest ' and peat bed beneath the 

 Roman layer yields the following plants: — 



Cornus sanguinea. 

 Betula alba. 

 Alnus glutinosa. 

 Corvlus Avellana. 



Ouercus Robur sessiliflora. 

 Taxus baccata. 

 Phraornites communis. 



Allenton, near Derby. 



(Arnold-Bemrose, ' Discovery of Mammalian Remains 

 in the Old River-gravels of the Derwent near Derby, 

 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soe., Vol. LI I., pp. 497-500. 1896.) 



The plants were found associated with Hippopotamus 

 (apparently a whole skeleton), Elephant and Rhinoceros. 

 This fauna is probably Interglacial. 



Ranunculus aquatilis. 



sceleratus. 



Flammula. 



repens. 



bulbosus (?). 



Sardous. 



Viola palustris. 

 Montia fontana. 

 Rubus Idaeus. 

 Potentilla. 

 Hydrocotyle vulgaris 



Valeriana officinalis. 



Eupatorium cannabinum. 



Leontodon autumnalis. 



Taraxacum officinale. 



Ajuga reptans. 



Atriplex. 



Eleocharis palustris. 



Scirpus paucifiorus. 



Carex. 



Isoetes lacustris. 



