AGE OF CERTAIN PLANT-BEARING BEDS. 339 



ferruginous beds occur which contain numerous fossil leaves and 

 fruits.* 



At several localities in south-western and south-eastern Gipps- 

 land there are gravels, sandy beds, clays, lignites, and siliceous 

 rock, ascribed to the same age as the beds above mentioned. They 

 are generally found underlying the Older Basalt, though occasion- 

 ally they occur capping some of the hills which are surrounded, 

 though not covered, by the volcanic rock, and are found resting 

 on Upper Silurian and on Mesozoic (Carbonaceous Series). 



For further particulars of these beds, see Progress Report of 

 the Geological Survey of Victoria, No. iii., p. 146, et seq ; also 

 No. v., p. 44-70. 



The auriferous gravels of Hoddle's Creek, Upper Yarra, have 

 yielded fossil fruits, and are overlain by the Older Basalt. 



FOSSIL FLORA. 



Cinnamomum polymorphouhs (McCoy) occurs at Bacchus 

 Marsh, the Cobungra, Bogong, and Dargo High Plains. (For 

 description, see Prod. Pal. Vic, Dec. iv.) 



Laurus Werriheensis (McCoy) occurs at Bacchus Marsh and 

 Dargo High Plains. (See Prod. Pal. Vic, Dec. iv.) 



Salishuria Murrayi (McCoy, MS.) occurs at the Dargo High 

 Plains. (See Prog. Rep. Geol. Surv., No. v., p. 106.) 



Lastrea Da/u/oetists (McCoy, MS.) occurs at the Bogong High 

 Plains. (See Prog. Rep. Geol. Surv., Vic, No. v., p. 102.) 



Ta-nionteris tenui^sime-striata (McCoy, MS.) occurs at the 

 Bogong High Plains. (See Prog. Rep. Geo. Surv., Vic, No. v., 

 p. 102.) -..li 



Spotulyloslrobus Smythii (F. v. M.), Phyniatocaryon Mackayi 

 (F. V. M.), Celyphina McCoyi (F. v. M.), Conchotlieca turgida 

 {V. V. M.), Plotycoila Sullivani (F. v. M.), occur at the Tanjil, 

 Gippsland. "' ^^f^ 



The above fossils are described by Baron F. von Mueller in his 

 papers on the New Vegetable Fossils of Victoria. They were 

 first obtained from the Haddon gold drift, Ballarat, which is said 

 to be of Pliocene age. We include them here because they^are 

 said to occur in deposits imderlying the Older Basalt. f 



Plesiocapparis prisca (F. v. M.) occurs at Hoddle's Creek, and is 

 described along with the preceding. 



Daphwgena sp., from Bacchus Marsh. 



Acer (?) sp., from Bacchus Marsh. 



Ficiis sp., from Dargo High Plains. 



REMARKS ON THE FLORA. 

 Respecting the fossils of the Miocene beds of Bacchus Marsh, 

 Professor McCoy has reported as follows : — " The fossil plants of 



* Geology of District irom Bacchus Marsh to Bass Straits, by R. Daintrce, 1863 ; 



also, Geo. and Phys. Geog., Vic, Murray, p. 105. 



t Geo. and Phys. Geog., Vic, Murray, p, 109. 



