THE FLORA OF THE EARLY MESOZOIC. 



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tory Society : 



mi ., i- i FIG. 67. Sequoia Smithiana. Heer. 



The name itself deserves g; cretaceous. 



consideration. It is that 



of an Indian of the Cherokee tribe, Sequo Yah, who in- 

 vented an alphabet without any aid from the outside world 

 of culture, and taught it to his tribe by writing it upon 



* In the Eocene of Australia. 



