have successively occupied the surface of the Earth. 365 



but this question can only be solved by a more attentive deter- 

 mination of the species they contain. The following ilora^ which 

 includes all that has been described or named from these beds, is 

 nevertheless based, as may be seen from the indications of the 

 localities, on the two basins of Parschlug and CEningen. 



Flora of the Pliocene Formations. 



Amphigenous Cryptogams. 

 Alg^e. 



Confenites bilinicus, Ung. — Bilin. 

 Sphffirococcites ? striolatus, Sternb. 

 —Italy. 



Fungi. 



Xylomites maculatus, Ung. — Par- 

 schlug. 



tuberculatus, Ung. — Parsclil. 



Sphserites punctiformis, Ung. — Par- 

 schlug. 



disciformis, Ung. — Parschl. 



Acrogenons Cryptogams. 



Musci. 



Muscites Schimperi, Ung. — Parschl. 



FiLICES. 



Adiantum renatum, Ung. — Parschl. 



Pteris ])arschlugiana, Ung. — Par- 

 schlug. 



Goniopterites stiriacus, Brong. — 

 Arnfels. 



Tfeniopteris dentata, Gopp. — 

 Toppl., Bohemia. 



Lycopodiace^. 



Isoetites Braunii, Ung. — CEn., Par- 

 schlug. 



EaUISETACE^. 



Equisetum Braunii, Ung. — ffin., 

 Parschl. 



Monocotyledons. 



Naiades. 



Potamogeton geniculatus, Brauti. — 

 CEningen. 



GrAMINEvE. 



Culmites arvuidinaceus, Uttg. — Par- 

 schlug. 



CvPERACEiE. 



Cypcrites tcrtiarius, Ung. — Parschl. 



LlLIACE^. 



Smilacites sagittata, Ung. — Parschl. 



Gymnospermous Dicotyledons. 



Conifers. 



* Cupressiuese. 



Callitrites Brongniartii, Endl. — Par- 

 schlug. 



gracilis, Brong. — Comothau. 



AViddringtouites Ungeri, Endl. — 

 Parschlug. 



Taxodites europseus, Brongniart. — 

 Greece, Bilin. 



oeningeusis, Ung. — CEningen, 



Parschl. 



dubius, Presl. — Bilin. 



Thuioxylon junipe^num, Ung. — Sty- 

 ria, Austria. 



ambiguum, Ung. — Stma. 



peucinum, Ung. — Lesbos. 



** Abietinese. 

 Abietites Oceanines, Ung. — Parschl. 



balsamodes, Ung. — Parschl. 



leuce, Ung. — Parschl. 



Pinites gothianus, Ung. — Parschl. 



furcatus, Ung. — Parschl. 



hepios, Ung. — Parschl. 



centrotos, Ung. — Parschl. 



sequimontanus, Gopp. — Styria. 



Haidingeri, Ung. — Styria. 



Hampeanus, Ung. — Styria. 



Cortesii, Brong. — Placeutian 



district. 



canariensis, Lindl. — Spain. 



Pence lesbia, Ung. — I. of Lesbos. 

 Eleoxylon acerosum, Brongniart. — 



Styria. 



pannonicuni,B''0W5'- — Hungar)-. 



Hodlianum, Brong. — Styria. 



regulare, Brong. — Hungary. 



*** Taxineae. 



Taxites tcuuifolius, Brong. — Como- 

 thau, 



