188 THE MEDALS OF CREATION. ; Cuap. VI. 
4. Seeds of the Bean family, some of which resemble those 
of the common Scarlet-runner. Lign. 63, fig. 5, 6, 7. 
Lien. 63. FossiL Fruits FROM THE ISLE OF SHEPPEY. 
London Clay. 
Fig. 1 and 3.—Cucumites variabilis: fig. 3, is a vertical section, showing the 
seeds. Lign. 64, fig. 6—} nat. 
2 and 8.— Petrophiloides Richardsoni: 1 nat. Fig. 8,is a vertical section, 
showing the disposition of the seeds in the cells formed by the 
confluent scales—3 nat. 
4.—Wetherellia variabilis: a section of the fruit, in which state it is 
called coffee-berry by the collectors—% nat. 
5 and 6.—Faboidea semicurvilinearis: fig. 5, side view—} nat. 
6.—Is the face of a similar seed—3 nat. 
7.—Faboidea bifaicis : side view—} nat. 
9.—Nipadites lanceolatus: a, the seed; b, the shell, or pericarp—3 nat. 
10.—Nipadites cordiformis: a, the extremity of the seed, imbedded in the 
shell—} nat. 
5. Wetherellia ; pulpy fruits divided into two lobes by the 
expansion of the ripe seeds. As the section thus ex- 
posed bears some resemblance to a coffee-berry, these 
fossils are popularly called petrified coffee-berries. 
This genus has no known living representative. Lign. 
63, fig. 4. 
