have successively occupied the surface of the Earth. 365 



but this question can only be solved by a more attentive deter- 

 mination of the species they contain. The following flora, which 

 includes all that has been described or named from these beds, is 

 nevertheless based, as may be seen from the indications of the 

 localities, on the two basins of Parschlug and (Eniugen. 



Flora of the Pliocene Formations. 



Amphigenous Cryptogams. 

 ALGiB. 



Confervites bilinicus, Ung. — Bilin. 

 Sphserococcites ? striolatus, Sternb. 

 —Italy. 



Fungi. 



Xylomites maculatus, Ung. — Par- 

 schlug. 



tuberculatus, Ung. — Parschl. 



Sphaerites jiunctiformis, Ung. — Par- 

 schlug. 



disciformis, Ung. — Parschl. 



Acrogenotis Cryptogams. 



Musci. 



Muscites Schimperi, Ung. — Parschl. 



FiLICES. 



Adiantum renatum, Ung. — Parschl. 



Pteris parschlugiana, Ung. — Par- 

 schlug. 



Goniopterites stiriacus, Brong. — 

 Arnfels. 



Tseniopteris dentata, Gopp. — 

 ToppL, Bohemia. 



LYCOPODIACEiE. 



Isoetites Braunii, Ung. — CEn., Par- 

 schlug. 



EaUlSETACEiE. 



Equisetum Braunii, Ung. — (En., 

 Parschl. 



Monocotyledons. 



Naiades. 



Potamogeton geniculatus, Braun. — 

 (Eningcn. 



GRAMINEiE. 



Culniites ainmdinaceus, Ung. — Par- 

 schlug. 



CyPERACE/E. 



C}pcrites tcrtiarius, Ung. — Parschl. 



LlLIACE.*. 



Smilacites sagittata, Ung. — Parschl. 

 Oymnospermons Dicotyledons. 



CoNIFERiE. 



* Cupressineae. 



Callitrites Brongniartii, Endl. — Par- 

 schlug. 



— — gracilis, Brong. — Comothau. 



Widdringtonites Ungeri, Endl. — 

 Parschlug. 



Taxodites europaeus, Brongniart. — 

 Greece, Bilin. 



oeningensis, Ung. — CEningen, 



Parschl. 



dubius, Presl. — Bihn. 



Thuioxylon juniperinum, Ung. — Sty- 

 ria, Austria. 



ambiguum, Ung. — Styria. 



peucinum, Ung. — Lesbos. 



** Abietineae. 



Abietites Oceanines, Ung. — Parschl. 



balsamodes, Ung. — Parschl. 



leuce, Ung. — Parschl. 



Pinites gothianus, Ung. — Parschl. 



furcatus, Ung. — Parschl. 



hepios, Ung. — Parschl. 



centrotos, Ung. — Parschl. 



aequimontanus, Gbpp. — Styria. 



Haidingeri, Ung. — Styria. 



Hampeanus, Ung. — Styria. 



Cortesii, Brong. — Placentian 



district. 



canariensis, Lindl. — Spain. 



Peuce lesbia, Ung. — I. of Lesbos. 

 Eleoxylon acerosum, Brongniart. — 



Stjria. 



pannonicunijjBron^r. — Himgarj. 



Hodlianum, Brong. — Styria. 



regulare, Brong. — Hungary. 



*** Ta.\inese. 



Taxites tcuuifolius, Brong. — Como- 

 thau. 



