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or upper series, Dicksonia Mundu, Asplenium alberium^ Williamsonia re- 

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

 tundata, A. Westoni, Palmrus moiiianus, F. oralis, Juglandites cretacea; 

 from the Belly Eiver and Liiramie group, Brasenice antiqua, Populus 

 latidentata, Acer Saslcaichewense, Ahietites Tyrrellii, Platanns (Araliopsis) 

 Burpeana, Viburnum oxycoccoides, Y. Calgarianum, Salishuria sp. 



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

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

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

 Notice 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. Pop. 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. vl 



FoKD, S. W.— Note on the Age of the Slaty and Arenaceous Kocks in the 

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

 Jour. SvL, 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. aS'c/., 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. 

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

 (Abstract.) 



GuRLEY, W^ 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 

 accompanying the descriptions. The iollowiug genera and species are 



