Deposits containing Fossil Plants. 55 



Albert Dock, North Woolwich, Essex. 



(Spurrell, 'On the Estuary of the Thames and its 

 Alluvium,' Proc, Geol. Assoc, Vol. XL, pp. 210-230. 1889.) 



A ' Submerged Forest ' and peat bed beneath the 

 Roman layer yields the following plants : — 



Cornus sanguinea. Quercus Robur sessiliflora. 



Betula alba. Taxus baccata. 



Alnus glutinosa. Phragmites communis. 

 Corylus Avellana. 



Allenton, near Derby. 



(Arnold-Bemrose, ' Discovery of Mammalian Remains 

 in the Old River-gravels of the Derwent near Derby, 

 Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, Vol. LI I., pp. 497-500.' 1896.) 



The plants were found associated with Hippopotamus 

 (apparently a whole skeleton), Elephant and Rhinoceros. 

 This fauna is probably Interglacial. 



Ranunculus aquatilis. Valeriana officinalis.^ 



sceleratus. Eupatorium cannabinum. 



Flammula. Leontodon autumnalis. 



repens. Taraxacum officinale. 



bulbosus (?). Ajuga reptans. 



Sardous. Atriplex. 



Viola palustris. Eleocharis palustris. 



Montia fontana. Scirpus pauciflorus. 



Rubus Idaeus. Carex. 



Potentilla. Isoetes lacustris. 

 Hydrocotyle vulgaris 



