iiS CH.\•p•s^^s. Geological Hislory A iisfraliaii Plants, [v.^'x'xxvii. 



dargoensis, " Salishnria " [Ginkgo) Munayana, and " Tceni- 

 nptcris " tenitinervis. The latter is undoubtedly a cucalypt of 

 the wide-angled and parallel type of venation. The probabli; 

 identity in age of these elevated Tertiary leaf-bearing beds 

 with others nearer the present coastal plain, such as that of 

 Berwick, Bacchus Marsh, and Narracan, is strongly supported 

 bv McCoy's record * of leaves of Cinnamomum polymorphoidcs 

 and Laiiriis wcrriheensis in tlic alluvials of the Dargo Higli 

 Plains, where he also found a fossil leaf which, he says, is 

 " apparently referable to the Ficiis dionysia of Massalongo 

 from the South European Miocene beds."t 



Besides Cinnaiiiomitm polymorphoidcs and Laitnis xccrribeensis, 

 McCoy notes " p(jssibly Acer " X from the F>acchus i\Iarsh series. 

 This is apparently a leaf of the aceriform Stcrctilin, or Flame-tree, 

 a genus already noted by ]\Ir. Deanc^ from Pitlii'ld Plains. 



Xarracan, Pitfield, Sentinel Rock, and Mornington. — At 

 Narracan, in South Gippsland, a fine, sandy, plant-bearing 

 bed with leaf remains rests on a denuded surface of Jurassic 

 sandstone. This leaf-bed is closely related in its flora to that 

 of Berwick, Bacchus Marsh, and other Victorian locaUties, 

 making allowances for differences of topography, for it contains 

 Ficonimn Solanderi, Ett., a species recorded from Gunning, 

 New South Wales ; Hcdycarya, of. lati folia, Deane, from 

 Berwick ; Cinnamomum polymorphoidcs, McCoy, from Bacchus 

 Marsh, Dargo, Pitfield, and at Gunning and Vegetable Creek, 

 New South Wales ; Stercnlia, sp. : Eucalyptus, aff. Kitsoni, 

 Deane, from Berwick : and Tristanites angiistifolia, Deane, also 

 previously found at Berwick. 



The Pitfield flora was obtained from a bore at the Glenfine 

 ICxtt-nded Co. at Pitfield Plains, from a dejith of loo feet, the 

 l)ore passing through two distinct layers of basalt and resting 

 on basalt. Mr. Deane states that " the Uavt-s indicate a 

 vegetation of the ' brush ' type."§ The list from tliis locahty 

 includes Stercnlia Mnclleri, Deane, (?) Drimys, sp., Ncphelitcs 

 Ulrichi, Deane, Mollincdia Mnclleri, Deane, Daphnandra 

 Selwyni, \)ea.nL\' Cinnamomum polymorphoidcs, McCoy, Argo- 

 phyliiies parvifolia, Deane, Encryphia Gregorii, Deane, Panacites 

 Howitti, Deane, Pittosporum prwundulatum, Deane, and Carpo- 

 lilhes acacicrformis, Deane. The absence of Eucalyptus is 

 especially noticeable, bearing out y\\. Deane's conclusions of 

 the type of flora represented. 



The flora of S<iitinel Kock is a very distinct onc,!| the leaves 



* Loc. HHpra cit.. p. \/<>. 

 t Also on p. 1 70. 



* F'ro^. Kep. Geol. Siirv. Vict., vol. ii.. 1X74, p. 24. 

 § Kec. Oeoi. Surv. Vict., vol. i., part 1, 1902, j>. 15. 



Rec. Oeol. Surv. Vict., vol. i., part 3, 1904, p. 212. 



