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PAL.EOBOTANY. 



tioiied the Aroideous fruit described by Mr Carruthers under 

 the name of Aroidcs Stutterdi, and the fruits known as 

 Podocarya and Kaidacarpum, both of which belong to the 

 living order of the Pandanem (Screw-pines). 



17. — Odoiitoptens cycadca. Lowei' Lias. 



Cretaceous Plants. — The Lower Cretaceous Plants 

 greatly resemble those of the Jurassic period, consisting 

 mainly of Ferns, Cycads, and Conifers. The Upper Cre- 

 taceous rocks, however, both in Europe and in Nortli 

 America, have yielded an abundant flora which resembles 

 the existing vegetation of the globe in consisting mainly 

 of Angiospermous Exogens and of Monocotyledons. In 

 Europe, the plant -remains in question have been found 

 chiefly in certain sands in the neighbourhood of Aix-la- 

 Chapelle, and they consist of numerous Ferns, Conifers (such 

 as Cycadoptcris), Screw - pines {Pandanus), Oaks {Quercus), 

 Walnut {Juglans), Fig (Ficus), and many Proteacecv, some of 

 which are referred to existing genera {Dryandra, Banksia, 

 Grevillea, &c.) 



In North America, the Cretaceous strata of New Jersey, 

 Alabama, Nebraska, Kansas, &c., have yielded the remains 



