Deposits containing Fossil Plants. 



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Fenland. 



(Skertchly, ' Geology of the Fenland,' p. 320, Mem. 

 Geol. Survey. 1877; Miller and Skertchly, 'The Fenland 

 past and present,' p. 341. 1878.) 



The peat and ' submerged forests ' of the Fenland yield 

 numerous remains of trees. The following list of the 

 plants was compiled by Mr. A. Bell, but I have not seen 

 the specimens, and cannot trace the authorities for some 

 of the species. Betula nana is unrecorded elsewhere in 

 deposits of so recent a date. 



Fraxinus. 



Ulmus. 

 Betula alba. 



nana. 



Ouercus Robur. 

 Fagus sylvatica. 



Salix Caprea. 



repens. 



Taxus baccata. 

 Pinus sylvestris. 

 Juncus aquaticus. 

 Lastraea. 



FlLLYSIDE, NEAR EDINBURGH. 



(Bennie, ' The Raised Sea-Bottom of Fillyside.' Proc. 

 R. PJiys. Soc. Edinburgh, Vol. XL, pp. 215-237. 1892.) 



Some drifted seeds occur associated with the marine 

 shells. The deposit is here classed provisionally as Neo- 

 lithic, for the fauna and flora consists entirely of recent 

 British forms, without the Arctic species found in the 

 Clyde Beds. 



Ranunculus Flammula. 



repens. 



Viola. 



Lychnis diurna (?). 

 Stellaria media. 

 Montia fontana. 

 Rubus Idseus. 

 Sambucus nigra. 



Taraxacum officinale. 

 Stachys palustris. 

 Ajuga reptans. 

 Atriplex patula. 

 Rumex. 



Mercurialis perennis. 

 Alnus glutinosa. 

 Carex. 



