86 PALJEONTOLOGICAL BOTANY. 



Oxford Clay. — Driftwood and foliage of Araucarites. 



Great Oolite. — Driftwood of Araucarites ; foliage of Thuites 

 aciitifolius, T. articiilatus, T. cupressiformis, T. divaricatiis, and T. 

 expansiis, and of Taxites podocarpoides ; detached cones at Helmsdale, 

 Sutherland. 



Inferior Oolite. — Wood of Pence Eggensis (Tertiary according 

 to Geikie) ; foliage of Brachyphyllum niammillare, Cryptomerites 1 

 divaricatus, and Palissya 1 Williamsonis ; cones of Araucarites sphsc- 

 rocarpus, A. Brodiei, and A. Phillipsii. Pinites primseva (Lindl. and 

 Hutt.) is a Cycadean fruit. 



Lias. — Wood of Pinites Huttonianus and P. Lindleyanus ; foliage 

 of Araucaria peregrina and Cupressus latifolia ; cone of Pinites elon- 

 gatus, and " cone with long bracts lil^ those of Pinus bracteata," from 

 Cromarty. 



Carruthers gives the following arrangement of fossil Cyca- 

 dacege in the Transactions of the Linn. Soc. vol. xxvi. — 

 Firstly, the Cycadefe : including the genus Bucklandia, Presl ; 

 and species B. anomala, B. Mantellii, B. squamosa, B. Mil- 

 leriana — the two first-named species being from the Wealden, 

 and the two last-named from the Oolite, Secondly, the 

 Zamieas : including the genus Yatesia, Carr. ; and species Y. 

 Morrisi, Lower Cretaceous ; Y. gracilis, Lias ; Y. crassa, M. 

 Oolite ; Y. Joassiana, M. Oolite : the genus Fittonia, Carr., 

 and species F. squamata, U. Cretaceous ; the genus Crosso- 

 zamia, Pomel, and species C. Moreaui, Pomel, Jurassic, and 

 C. Buvignieri, Pomel, Jurassic — both from St. Michel, France. 

 Thirdly, the Williamsonie^ : including the genus William- 

 sonia, Carr. ; and species W. gigas, W. pecten, W. hastula, all 

 from the inferior Oolite. Fourthly, the Bennettiteas : includ- 

 ing the genus Bennettites, Carr., and species B. Saxbyanus, 

 Wealden ; B. Gibsonianus, Lr. Greensand ; B. maximus, 

 Wealden ; B. Portlandicus, Lr. Purbeck ; and B. Peachianus, 

 I\L Oolite : the genus Mantellia, Brong., and species M. nidi- 

 formis, M. intermedia, M. microphylla, from the Lr. Purbeck ; 

 and M. inclusa, from the Lr. Cretaceous ; the genus Raumeria, 

 Goeppert, and species R. Reichenbachiana, from Galicia, and 

 R. Schulziana from Silesia. 



