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or upper series, Dicksonia Munda^ Asplenium albertum, Williamsonia re- 

 centior, Platanus affinis var. ampla, Cinnamonmm Canadense, Aralia ro- 

 tu7idata, A. Westoni, Paliurus montanus, P. ovalis, Juglandites cretaeea ; 

 from the Belly Eiver and Laramie group, Brasenke antiqua, Populus 

 latidentata, Acer Saslxitchewense, Abietites Tyrrellii, Platanus (Araliopsis) 

 Burpeana, Viburnum o.rycoccoides, V. Calgarianum, Saluburia sp. 



Fontaine, William M. — Contributions to the Knowledge of the Older 

 Mesozoic Flora of Virginia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 

 5th series, vol. xvi, pp. 517-519. December, 1885. London. 



I^otice and abstract of Professor Fontaine's monograph of the U. S. 

 Geol. Surv., vol. vi. 



Fontaine, William M. — Contributions to the Knowledge of the Older 

 Mesozoic Flora of Virginia. Poj). Sci. Monthly, vol. xxviii, p. 129. No- 

 vember, 1885. New York. 



A notice and very brief abstract of Professor Fontaine's monograph 

 of the U. S. Geol. Surv., vol. vi. 



Ford, S. W. — Note on the Age of the Slaty and Arenaceous Eocks in the 

 Vicinity of Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York. Aoner. 

 Jour. ScL, 3d ser., vol. xxix, pp. 397, 398. May, 1885. New Haven. 



The author refers these beds to the age of the Utica group on palaeon- 

 tologic grounds. They have formerly been considered as belonging to 

 the epoch of the Lorraine shales. He finds Lingula curta a Utica spe- 

 cies, and other fossils. 



Ford, S. W. — (Note on the Age of the Slaty and Arenaceous Eocks in 

 the Vicinity of Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York.) Na- 

 ture, vol. xxxii, p. 116. 1885. London and New York. 



Notice and abstract of Mr. Ford's paper in the Amer. Jour. Sci., 3d 

 ser., vol. XXIX, pp. 397, 398. 



Gardner, J. S. — The Cretaceous and Tertiary Floras of the United 

 States, by Leo Lesquereux (U. S. Survey of the Territories under 

 F. V. Hayden, vol. vii). Nature, vol. xxxiii, pp. 19G, 197. 1885. 

 London and New York. 



A brief review of Professor Lesquereux's important work. 



Geyler, H. T. — Lester F. Ward : On Mesozoic Dicotyledons. Ann. and 

 Magaz. of Nat. History, 1884, vol. xiii, No. 77, pp. 383-395. Neu. 

 Jahrb. fur Min. Geol. & Pal., 1885, Band ii, pp. 219, 220. Stuttgart. 

 (Abstract.) 



GuRLEY, yv. F. E. — New Carboniferous Fossils. Bulletin No. 2, pp. 

 1-12. February 25, 1884. (Danville, 111.) 



Describes a number of fossils from his own collection, no illustrations 

 accomi)anyiug the descriptions. The following genera and species arc 



