Deposits containing Fossil Plants. 91 



Stoke Newington, London. 



(W. G. Smith, 'Man the Primeval Savage,' pp. 288,289. 

 8vo, London, 1894.) 



The Palaeolithic deposits here have yielded various 

 plants ; but the specimens deposited in the British Museum 

 by Mr. Worthington Smith are not at present available. 

 He mentions: — 



Clematis Vitalba. (Leaves.) 



Vitis vinifera. Wood ; perhaps a recent specimen.) 



Rubus (?). (Fragments of stems, with thorns.) 



Ulmus. 



Betula. (Bark and wood.j 



Alnus glutinosa. (Leaves and catkins.) 



Corylus. 



Taxus. 



Pinus. 



Rushes. \ 



Sedges. > Impressions. 



Grass. ) 



Aspidium Filex-mas. (Impressions of pinnae.) 



Osmunda regalis. (Fronds and rhizomes.) 



Stone, Hampshire. 



(Reid, ' A fossiliferous Pleistocene Deposit at Stone, on 

 the Hampshire Coast,' Quart. Jouru. Geo/. Soc., Vol. XLIX., 

 pp. 325-328. 1893.) 



Carbonaceous river-mud here underlies the Palaeolithic 

 gravels. It is evidently equivalent to the Interglacial 

 deposits of West Wittering and Selsey, and contains 

 remains of Elephant and of the following plants : — 



Ranunculus sceleratus. Myriophyllum. 



repens. Caucalis nodosa. 



Arenaria peploides. Valeriana officinale. 



Acer monspessulanum. Mentha aquatica. 



Rubus fruticosus. Lycopus europaeus. 



Potentilla. Atriplex patula. 



Rosa. Polygonum aviculare. 



