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quadrangular at the upper extremity of the tubercle, gland- 

 bearing ; gland central ; mid-rib of the leaf forming a conti- 

 nuation of the longitudinal ridge on the back of the tubercle. 

 — Found in one of the sandstone quarries on Swinton Com- 

 mon, near Rotherham, in Yorkshre. 



Megaphyton. Stem arborescent, simple, furrowed longi- 

 tudinally ; cicatrices in the furrow between the ridges. 



frondosum. Cicatrices near together, horse-shoe shaped 

 with the points upwards, filling the furrow. — Found imbedded 

 obliquely in the sandstone of a quarry near Rowmarsh in 

 Yorkshire. 



Carpolithus, auct. The fruits or seeds of plants, in a 

 fossil state. 



marginatus. An ovate nut, rather bulged towards the top ; 

 edges broad, flattened ; the tip blunt, slightly indented ; shell 

 deeply furrowed longitudinally. — Found in the fine sandstone 

 of Lea- brook quarry. 



In concluding our notice of this useful work, we would 

 suggest to the author the propriety of giving, in future, his ge- 

 neric and specific characters and descriptions in Latin as well 

 as in English; as we think this would add much to the utility 

 of the publication, the second part of which we hope soon to 

 have the pleasure of analysing. 



Icones Fossilium Sectiles. Centuria Prima. London, 1825. 

 Folio, pp. 4. Plates 8. 



The most appropriate account we can give of this publica- 

 tion, and one that will show it to be worthy the attention of 

 all who are interested in the study of organic remains, will be 

 to quote the Latin preface, Avritten with an elegance seldom 

 found in modern scientific works in that language ; and to give 

 the descriptions of some new genera, as specimens of the man- 

 ner in which the subjects are described. It is understood to 

 be from the pen as well as the pencil of Mr. KiJnig, mineralo- 

 gist to the British Museum. 



" Magnam ex corporum quondam organicorum jam vero 

 Fossilium cognitione utilitatem capere Geologiam ad telluris 

 stratorum naturam a;tatesque rite intelligendas atque dignos- 

 cendas, inter omnes quorum de his rebus judicium est satis 

 constat. Absoluta vero harum reliquiarum cognitio ex meris 

 descriptionibus, etiamsi bonae sint atque uberrimae, vix ac ne 

 vix quidem comparari potest. Quamobrem maximas scientia 

 gratias debet vii-is egregiis, Brocchio, Brongniarto, Knorrio, 

 Lamarckio, Parkinsono, Schlothemio, Sowerbieis, Sternbergio 

 aliisque, ob navatam figuris accuratioribus evulgandis operam. 

 Neque negandum tamen, in tanta supcUeclilis abundantia, 



Promptuarium, 



