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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE III. 
Incrustations, and Fossil Plants. 
Figs. 1, 2, 8.—T wigs of Larch and Hawthorn, coated with tufa, or travertine, 
from having been exposed to the dripping of an incrusting spring; 
from Russia; see p. 39. 
5.—A branch of recent Chara, with its fruit, with a thin pellicle of 
incrustation. Matlock. 
6, 7.—Hazel-nuts, from Belfast Lough: fig. 6 is lined with crystals of 
calcareous spar; fig. 7 is filled with a solid mass of the same 
mineral; see p. 71. 
4, 8.—Impressions of Dicotyledonous Leaves in Gypseous Marlstone, 
from Stradella, near Pavia; see p. 201. 
9.—Eocene Lacustrine or Fresh-water Limestone, from East Cliff 
Bay, Isle of Wight, with stems and seeds of Chare: slightly 
magnified; see p. 195. 
10.—Encrusted Twigs, from Matlock; the vegetable matter has 
perished, and left tubular cavities ; see p. 39, and p. 873. 
