340 PALEONTOLOGY. 



Schenk, Dr. A. Ueber einige Pflanzenreste aus der Gosauforraation 



Nordtirols. [Plant Uemains from the Gosau Beds.] Paloeonto- 



graphica, Bd. xxiii. Lief. 4, pp. 164-171, pi. 29. 



These beds have yielded two Sequoias and one Ficus, identical with 



those from the Cenomanian of Niederschona ; the remainder are new 



species, viz. Equisetum Heeri, Sphenopteris PicJileri, Gyparissidium 



cretaceum, C. Suessii, Proteoides ciffiais, P. Ettingshauseni, Leguminosites 



ovatus, and L. Icmceolatus. E. B. T. 



Stur, D. Die Culm-Flora des mahrisch-schlesischen Dachschiefers. 

 Abh. h.-Jc. geol. Beichs. Bd. viii. pp. 1-106 ; 17 pis. 



42 species are described and figured, of which 24 are new (see list, 

 pp. 356, 357). The species are chiefly ferns ; and in this group are 

 remains referred to the existing genus Todea. Bhacopteris is referred 

 to OpJiioglossacece ; the remainder belong to the genera Sphenopteris, 

 Bhodea, Archceopteris, &c. Details are given of the foliage and fruit of 

 Archceocalamites radiatus. A species of Walchia and one of Pinites 

 are described. W. C. 



. Zur Kenntniss der Steinkohlen flora der bairischen Pfalz. 



[Coal Flora of the Palatinate.] Verh. k.-Jc. geol. Beichs. pp. 155- 



157. 

 An enumeration of plants from various beds in this district, believed 

 to be of the same age as the Saarbriick beds. 



Visiani, Roberto de. Di alcuni generi di piante fossili. [On some 

 Genera of Fossil Plants.] Venice. 



Warner, F. T. On a Specimen of Fossil Wood from the Winchester 

 Chalk. Journ. Winch. Sci. Soc. vol. i. part iii. pp. 152-155. 



The wood is in a large nodule of flint, bears no trace of bark, and 

 seems to be a waterworn fragment. It is silicified, the tissues being 

 well preserved ; and there are a few tubular holes filled with crystallized 

 silex. Under the microscope the fibres show the glandular structure, 

 which, with the absence of ducts, is characteristic of conifers ; and, 

 from a comparison of sections with those of recent wood, it is clear 

 that the fossil is coniferous. W. W. 



Waters, A. M. Notes on Fossil Lithothamnia. Mem. Lit. Phil. Soc. 

 Manch. vol. xiii. p. 68. 



Refers to the abundance of these fossils in some of the Tertiary rocks 

 of Europe, and believes that a sixth of the whole Tertiary rocks of the 

 Eastern Alps is composed of Lithothamnia. W. C. 



Williamson, Prof. W. C. On the Organization of the Fossil Plants 

 of the Coal Measures. Part vii. Myelopteris, Psaronius, and 

 Kaloxylon. Proc. i^. /S'oc. vol. xxiii. pp. 452-455. 

 Agrees with Eenault that Myelopteris is a Marattiaceous fern ; Psa- 

 ronius Benaultii is the root of a tree fern . Kaloxylon HooTceri is a slender 

 stem belonging, with little doubt, to a Lycopodiaceous plant. W. C. 



