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bourhood of Fiinfkirchen. The plants are found in the shales ; the 

 sandstones contain large stems of Araucarites. The beds above are 

 Bunter, beginning with a quartz-conglomerate (Yerrucano), followed 

 by red sandstones and representatives of Muschelkalk, &c. Besides 

 ^cJiizolepis permoisis (genus hitherto only found in Rhaetics), 7 other 

 new species are described (see Index of Species). E. B. T. 



Heer, Prof. Oswald. Beitriige zur fossilen Flora Spitzbergens, gegriin- 

 det auf die Sammlungen der Schwedischen Expedition vom Jahre 

 1872 auf 1873. Mit einem Anhang : Uebersieht der Geologic des 

 Eisfjordes und des Bellsundes von Prof. A. E. Nordenskiold. [Con- 

 tribution to the Possil Flora of ISpitzbergen, founded on the Collec- 

 tions of the Swedish Expedition in 1872, 1873. With a Sketch 

 of the Geology of the Ice Fjord and the Bell Sound, by Prof. A. E. 

 Nordenskiold (see p. 125).] K. SvensTca Vet.-Akad. Haiidl. 

 Bd. 14, No. 5, pp. 1-141, pis. i.-xxxii. 

 Descriptions of Carboniferous plants of Robert Valley in Recherche 

 Bay ; of the Jurassic plants of Cape Boheman ; of the Cretaceous 

 plants of the citadel at Cape Staratschin ; of the Miocene plants of 

 Cape Lyell, the Scott glacier, and Cape Heer. Of the 26 Carboniferous 

 plants 13 species are new (see Index of Species). The Carboniferous 

 schist of Robert Valley is analogous to the Mid. Carboniferous of 

 Europe; and at Spitzbergen thick coal seams may probably be 

 found. The strata of Cape Boheman belong to the middle brown 

 Jura. Of the 32 plants 10 are found also at other places, 1 in 

 Upper Italy, 1 in Persia, 1 at Orenburg, and 7 in E. Siberia ; so that 

 not only the marine fauna but also the terrestrial flora of the Jurassic 

 perioji had a wide distribution. The large number of Cycads in the 

 Spitzbergen Jura flora gives to this high arctic island an almost tropical 

 aspect. No diflbrcnce then existed as to climates in different latitudes. 

 The richest locality of Miocene plants is Cape Lyell ; and the author 

 thinks these plants the most beautiful yet discovered within the arctic 

 zone. The 3 localities have supplied 71 species of plants. Of these, 

 25 have not been hitherto described. The most common are Sequoia 

 Lantjadorjii, Acer arcticiim, Taxodiwn^ Glyptostrohus, Alisma macro- 

 phi/llum, Platanus aceroides, and Popidus arctica. In all 179 species 

 are known from the Spitzbergen Miocene. E. E. 



. Beitriige zur Jura-Flora Ost-Sibiriens und des Amurlandes, 



Mem. Ac. Imp. Sci. St. Petersh. t. xxii. 

 This flora is rich in Salishurice and allied Taxineous plants, together 

 with true Coniferae, and some screw-pines. 



. Flora Fossilis Arctica. Vol. iv. 65 plates. 



Contains three memoirs : — 1. Beitriige zur fossilen Flora Spitzbergens ; 



2. Beitriige zur Jura-Flora Ost-Sibiriens (both already noticed) ; and 



3. Ueber die Pflanzen-Versteincrungen von Ando in Norwegen [On 

 the Fossil Plants at Andii in Norway]. 



1876. . X 



