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Geological Section. — A successful exhibition meeting of 

 this Section was held at the Museum on October 9th, and a 

 full report of the season's work presented bv the Secretary, 

 Mr. J. J. Burton. On March 19th, the Rev. G. J. Lane 

 delivered a most instructive and original address on 

 " The Jurassic Flora." 



Mr. Burton's report is as follows : — 



REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SECTION. 

 Presented at Meeting, held on October 9th, 1909. 



The past Session has been one of considerable disappoint- 

 ment, as the weather generally has been so bad that outdoor 

 investigation could only be pursued under physical dis- 

 comfort, but members of this Section have done good work 

 in between meetings when opportunity offered, and I must 

 mention in particular the work done by the Rev. G. L. Lane 

 and Mr. T. W. Saunders in investigating the fossil flora of 

 Marske and Upleatham Quarries, also the plant beds at 

 Whitby and Castleton. Some of the results of their inves- 

 tigations have been published in the " Naturalist." The 

 most noteworthy records as supplied to me by Mr. Lane 

 are as under : — 



1. Zamites Sp. Marske. New, not recorded in 



Seward's catalogue. 



2. Taxites zamiodes. Marske. New record for Cleve- 



land. 



3. Nilsonia tenuicatus. Marske. Do. 



4. " sehaumburgensis. Do. 



Marske. A wealden species. 



5. Todites williamsonia. Marske New record for 



Marske. 



6. Zamites buchianus. Marske. New record for 



Cleveland. 



A wealden species. 



7. Pterophyllum Sp. Marske. New record for 



Cleveland. Not 

 catalogued by 

 Seward. 



8. Cladophlebis lobifolia. Marske. New record for 



9. Coniopteris hymenophylloides. Marske. 



