338 PALJEONTOLOGT. 



Grieve, Jolin. Eemarks on Fossils from the Leaf Beds of Mull. 



Proc. Nat. Hist. Soc. Glasg. vol. ii. part 1. 

 Describes the matrix of the leaf-bed, and microscopical examinations 

 for Diatomaceae and Entomostraca, none of which were found. 



Grossart, G. W. On a Tract of Vertical Trees in Carboniferous 

 Strata. Coll. Guard, vol. xxix. p. 419. Abstract of paper read 

 to Geol. Soc. Glasgow. 

 A notice of eight erect trees in the lower Drumgray coal, parish of 

 Shotts. 



Harpe, Dr. Ph. De la. Plantes fossiles trouvees dans la mollasse 



marine, &c. pres de Lausanne. [Miocene Plants from Lausanne.] 



Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sci. Nat. vol. xiii. pp. 692-694. 



Prom Epalinges in the marine molasse (Helvetian) are noted 21 



species of Phanerogams. Prom the Calvaire, grey molasse (Langhian 



beds), 20 species. Their distribution in the Swiss Miocene is shown. 



E.B.T. 



Heer, 0. TJeber die miocenen Kastanienbaume. [Miocene Chest- 

 nut-trees.] Verh. Tc.-h. geol. Reichs. pp. 93-95. 



This genus, originally named from leaves, was proved to be present in 

 the Miocene by the fruit and spiny fruit-capsules found in Greenland, 

 Alaska, &c. Critical notes on various species are included. E. B. T. 



Johnson, Dr. C. On the Preparation of Sections of Coal. Cincinnati 

 Medical News. Noticed in Micr. Journ. vol. xiv. p. 148. 



M'Nah, Prof. William R. On Calamites and their Relation to 

 Equisetums, or " Horsetails," of the present day. Journ. R. Dublin 

 Soc. vol. vi. no. 43, pp. 471-474. 

 Describes the structure of the Equisetums, and shows the resem- 

 blance between these and Calamites. The great difficulty in comparing 

 the stems of the two lies in the structure of the fibro-vascular bundles. 

 A description of these is given, showing the points of comparison. 



E. B. T. 



Nathorst, A. G. Possila vaxter fran den stenkolsforande formatio- 



nen vid Palsjo i Skane. [Possil Plants from the Coal-bearing 



Beds of Palsjo, Scania.] Geol. Foren. Stockholm Fork. Bd. ii. pp. 



373-392. 



The new species described are Hysterites Friesi, RTiizomopteris 



Schenki, Cladophlebis nehhensis, Brongn. (emend.), CI. Heeri^ Thiunfel- 



dia Nordenshioldi, Anomozamites gracilis, Podozamites ovalis, Cycadites 



longifoUus, ScJiizolejyis Follini, Swedenhorgia (n. gen.) ayptomerides, 



Pinites Lundgreni, P. Nilssoni, Camptophyllum (n. gen.) Schimperi. 



G.A.L. 



. Om en cycadecotte fran den ratiska formationens lagu vid 



Tinkarp i Skane. [Rhaetic Cycas, Scania.] (Efv. K. Vet.-Akad. 

 ForJi. no. 10, pp. 25-31, pi. xiii. 

 Describes a slender cone of a Cycad with distant fruit-scales which 

 are bifurcate at the apex, and names it Zamiostrolus stenorrhachis. 



