Deposits containing Fossil Plants. 



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Oxford, shown to me by the late Professor A. H. Green, 

 yields the following' species of plants : — 



Heracleum Sphondylium. 

 Potamogeton. 

 Eleocharis palustris. 

 Scirpus lacustris. 

 Carex rostrata. 



Ranunculus aquatilis. 



sceleratus. 



repens. 



Potentilla Tormentilla. 



Viola 



Hippuris vulgaris. 



This plant-bed lies above a deposit with bones of Bison 

 and Palaeolithic implements, and is of uncertain age. 



Pakefield, Suffolk. 



(Reid, 'Pliocene Deposits of Britain,' pp. 177-179. Mem. 

 Geol. Survey. 1890.) 



A silted-up channel belonging to the Preglacial Cromer 

 Forest-bed occurs at about two hundred yards south of the 

 Lighthouse Gap. It has yielded about fifty species of 

 flowering plants, among which are a few dry-soil species 

 unknown elsewhere in deposits of this date. The plants 

 are : — 



Thalictrum flavum. 

 Ranunculus aquatilis. 



sceleratus. 



repens. 



Nuphar luteum. 

 Viola palustris. 

 Hypericum quadrangulum. 

 Acer campestre. 

 Prunus spinosa. 

 Spiraea Ulmaria. 

 Rubus fruticosus. 

 Potentilla. 

 Pyrus Aria. 

 Trapa natans. 

 Myriophyllum spicatum. 

 Hydrocotyle vulgaris. 

 GEnanthe Lachenalii. 

 Phellandrium. 



Heracleum Sphondylium. 

 Cornus sanguinea. 

 Bidens tripartita. 

 Lapsana communis. 

 Picris hieracioides. 

 Mentha aquatica. 

 Lycopus europaeus. 

 Atriplex patula. 

 Polygonum Persicaria. 

 Rumex maritimus. 

 sp. 



Euphorbia amygdaloides. 

 Betula alba. 

 Alnus glutinosa. 

 Carpinus Betulus. 

 Corylus Avellana. 

 Quercus Robur. 

 Ceratophyllum demersum. 



