ON THE 



RELATION OF FOSSIL BOTANY 



TO 



THEORIES OF EVOLUTION, 



BY 



W. P. JAMES, ESQ., F.L.S. 



COMMUNICATIONS, &c., FROM SIR RICHARD OWEN, K.C.B., F.R.S. 



W. CARRUTHERS, Esq., F.R.S., DE. J. BRAXTON HICKS, F.R.S., 



AND OTHERS. 



A PAPER READ BEFORE THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 



LONDON: 



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