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Filicites, and Eqiiisetum (Fig. 102). In the leaf-beds at 

 Bournemouth Mr. Wanklyn detected several ferns. One is 



Fiff. 100. 



Fig. 99. 



Fig. 101. 



a species of Dldymosorus, and shows distinct venation and 

 fructification. Fossilised v^^ood was found in the Arctic 

 Regions by Captain M'Clure. At the KW. of Banks Land 

 he found trees with tmnks 1 foot 7 inches in diameter. 



Fig. 99. Almis gracilis, an ovate-oblong leaf, like that of the Alder, 

 found in Bohemia. 



Figures 100, 101, 102, exhibit fragments of plants which occur in 

 the leaf-bed at Ardtun Head, in Midi, and which is referred to the 

 Miocene epoch. The figures are from the Duke of Argyll's paper. 



Fig. 100. Taxites, or perhaps Taxodites Camidhellii, a branch with 

 leaves resembling those of the Yew, or rather those of Taxodium. 

 Fio-. 101. Rham7iiUs multinervatus, a leaf resembling that of Khamnus. 



