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district by the late Dr INIarciis Guiin shows that 

 Miller was justified in speaking of Araucaria as a 

 member of this northern flora. 



There is abundant evidence pointing to the exist- 

 ence in Britain during the Jurassic period, and in 

 the early days of the Cretaceous epoch, of Araucarian 

 trees which differed but slightly from the modern 

 species confined to the southern hemisphere. In 

 several localities in France, Germany, and other parts 

 of the continent, Araucarian fossils have been recog- 

 nised in Jurassic rocks. It is almost certain that 

 some foliage shoots and imperfectly preserved cones 

 described by Dr Nathorst from Upper Jurassic rocks 

 in Spitzbergen were borne by a species of Araucaria. 

 Cone-scales very similar to those from Yorkshire have 

 been discovered in Wealden beds in Cape Colony, and 

 Araucarian wood of Jurassic and Cretaceous age has 

 been found in Madagascar. From Jurassic strata in 

 India and Victoria (Australia), as well as from Upper 

 Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous rocks in Virginia and 

 elsewhere in the eastern United States, Avell preserved 

 Araucarian fossils are recorded. In a collection of 

 Jurassic plants, obtained a few years ago by the 

 members of a Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 

 Graham's Land, Dr Nathorst has recognised some 

 cone-scales of Araucaria, which demonstrate a former 

 extension of the family beyond the southern limits of 

 South America. 



