9° 



Origin of the British Flora. 



Southampton Docks. 



(Shore and Elwes, ' The New Dock Excavation at 

 Southampton,' Proc. Hants Field Club for 1889, pp. 43-56.) 



A bed of peat and shell-marl beneath the sea-level 

 yields Neolithic implements, and is said to contain Oak, 

 Beech, Hazel, Birch, and Pine, besides decomposed remains 

 of Scirpus lacustris, Carex, Myrica Gale, heaths, Pteris 

 aquilina. A small sample given me by Mr. Whitaker 

 contained seeds of: — 



Rubus Idaeus. 

 Sambucus ni^ra. 



Corylus Avellana. 

 Scirpus maritimus (?). 



SOUTHELMHAM, SUFFOLK. 



(Candler, ' Observations on some Undescribed Lacus- 

 trine Deposits at Saint Cross, South Elmham, in Suffolk,' 

 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, Vol. XLV., pp. 504-510. 1889.) 



The plant-bearing stratum yields bones of Elephant, 

 and probably agrees with the Interglacial beds D and E at 

 Hoxne. It overlies the Boulder Clay, but is not overlain 

 by any newer deposit. 



Thalictrum flavum. 

 Ranunculus aquatilis. 



sceleratus. 



Flammula. 



Crataegus Oxyacantha. 

 Hippuris vulgaris. 

 Myriophyllum spicatum. 

 Hydrocotyle vulgaris. 

 GEnanthe Phellandrium. 

 Cnicus palustris (?). 

 Taraxacum officinale. 

 Menyanthes trifoliata. 

 Lycopus europaeus. 

 Rumex maritimus. 

 Alnus elutinosa. 



Ceratophyllum demersum. 

 Stratiotes aloides. 

 Alisma Piantago. 

 Potamogeton heterophyllus. 



perfoliatus. 



crispus. 



obtusifolius. 



trichoides. 



Zannichellia palustris. 

 Scirpus pauciflorus. 



caespitosus. 



fluitans. 



lacustris. 



Carex riparia. 

 rostrata. 



