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In Britain, the Lower Miocene strata of Bovey Tracy have 

 yielded remains of Ferns, Vines, Fig, Cinnamon, Proteacece, 



Fig. 234. Miocene Palms. A, Chama-rops Hehietica ; B, Snbal major. 

 Lower Miocene of Switzerland and France. 



&c., along with numerous Conifers. The most abundant of 

 these last is a gigantic pine the Sequoia Couttsice which is 



Fig. 235. /Ynrtoa 

 Fpper Miocene Plane-tree, a. Leaf; 



A single fruit. 



of a bundle of fruits ; c, 



very nearly allied, to the huge Sequoia ( Wellingtonia] gigantea 

 of California. A nearly-allied form (Sequoia Laiigsdorjfi) has 

 been detected in the leaf-bed of Ardtun, in the Hebrides. 



In Greenland, as well as in other parts of the Arctic regions, 

 Miocene strata have been discovered which have yielded a 

 great number of plants, many of which are identical with 

 species found in the European Miocene. Amongst these 



