CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PALEOBOTANY OF PERU, 

 BOLIVIA AND CHILE 



By EDWARD W. BERRY 



CONTENTS 



Page. 



Carboniferous Plants from Peru 9 



Introduction 9 



Description of the section 1 1 



Age of the Flora 13 



Description of Fossil Plants 15 



The Mesozoic Flora of Peru ^ 



Distribution and character of the Mesozoic rocks 45 



Analysis of the Flora 48 



Description of Fossil Plants 49 



The Flora of the Concepcion-Arauco Coal Measures of Chile. . . 73 



Introduction 73 



Present Climate and Flora of Chile 76 



Geology of the Region 78 



The Fossil Flora 81 



Analysis of the Fossil Flora 86 



The Tertiary environment indicated 105 



' The Age of the Deposits 113 



New or Noteworthy species of Plants 119 



Pliocene Fossil Plants from Eastern Bolivia 145 



Description of the Region 145 



The Flora and its environmental conditions 15 



Age of the Flora 154 



Amount of Andean uplift indicated 156 



Description of Fossil Plants 159 



Late Tertiary Plants from Jancocata, Bolivia 205 



Description of the locality 205 



Age and environment of the Flora 207 



Description of Fossil Plants 210 



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