Deposits containing Fossil Plants. 



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and Bos primigenius — if these were really obtained from 

 it — point, on the other hand, to an earlier period. 



Hoxne, Suffolk. 



(' Report of the Committee on the Relation of Palaeo- 

 lithic Man to the Glacial Epoch,' Rep. Brit. Assoc, for 

 1896, pp. 400-415, 1897.) 



Ancient Alluvial deposits fill a channel newer than, and 

 eroded through, the chalky boulder-clay, but independent 

 of the existing valley system. Several plant-bearing zones 

 are seen in direct superposition, A being the most recent : — 

 A, B. — Brick-earth and gravel with Palaeolithic implements 

 freshwater shells and bones of Elephant. 



Alnus (?). Chara. 



Potamogeton. 



C. — Black earth, with freshwater shells, leaves and seeds of 

 Arctic plants. 



Ranunculus aquatilis. 



sceleratus. 



repens [deriv- 

 ative (?)]. 



Caltha palustris. 



Viola palustris. 



Stellaria media. 



Montia fontana. 



Rhamnus Frangula [worn 

 and derivative]. 



Rubus Idseus. 



Poterium officinale. 



Hippuris vulgaris. 



Myriophyllum spicatum. 



CEnanthe Phellandrium. 



Sambucus nigra [deriv- 

 ative]. 



Eupatorium cannabinum. 



Bidens tripartita. 



Taraxacum officinale. 



Menyanthes trifoliata. 



Lycopus europaeus. 

 Ajuga reptans. 

 Rumex maritimus. 



crispus (?). 



Urtica dioica ( ? ) [one 



seed]. 



Betula nana. 



Alnus glutinosa [perhaps 

 derivative]. 



Carpinus Betulus [deriv- 

 ative]. 



Salix myrsinites. 



herbacea. 



polaris. 



Ceratophyllum demersum. 

 Taxus baccata [ deriv- 

 ative]. 



Sparganium ramosum. 

 Alisma Plantago. 

 Potamogeton rufescens. 

 crispus. 



