TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PART I. GENERAL. 



CHAPTER I. 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. Pp. 1-11. 



Fossil plants and the Flood. Sternberg and Brongniart. The internal 

 structure of fossil plants. English Palaeobotanists. Difficulties of 

 identification. 



CHAPTER 11. 



RELATION OF PALAEOBOTANY TO BOTANY 

 AND GEOLOGY. Pp. 12—21. 



Neglect of fossils by Botanists. Fossil plants and distribution. Fossil 

 plants and climate. Fossil plants and phylogeny. 



CHAPTER III. 



GEOLOGICAL HISTORY. Pp. 22—53. 



Rock-building. Calcareous rocks. Geological sections. Invei'sion of 

 strata. Table of Strata : 



1. Archaean, 34-36. 11. Cambrian, 36-37. HI. Ordovician, 

 37-38. IV. Silurian, 38. V. Devonian, 39. VI. (Jarboniferous, 

 39-45. VII. Permian, 45-47. VIII. Trias, 47-48. IX. Juras- 

 sic, 48-49. X. Cretaceous, 50-51. XI. Tertiary, 51-63. Geological 

 Evolution. 



