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Mueller, Baron F. vox. Observations on new Vegetable Fossils in 

 the Auriferous Drifts. Geol. Survey of Victoria. 8vo. Mel- 

 bourne. Plates ix., x. pp. 1-26. 



Establishes 11 new genera for fruits belonging to 16 species. These 

 are : — Spondijlostrohus Smithii, a conifer allied to Cdllitris ; Phymato- 

 caryon Mackayi and P. angulare, perhaps Sapindaceous ; Treinatocanjon 

 McLellani, perhaps Verbenaceous ; Bhytidotheca Lynchii and It. 2^hio- 

 clinis, perhaps Meliaceous ; Plesiocapparis prisca, like some fruits of 

 Capparis', Celyphina McCoyi, Proteaceous; Odontocaryon Macyregorii, 

 affinities unknown ; Conchotheca rotundata and C. turgida, Proteaceous ; 

 Penteune ClarJcei, P. hracliyclinis, and P. trachyclinis, perhaps Sapinda- 

 ceous ; Diune pluriovulata, Capparideous or Pittosporeous ; and Platy- 

 coila SuUivani, affinities unknown. The specimens were found in the 

 deep leads of the older auriferous drifts of Haddon and Beechworth in 

 Victoria, a3 well as in similar leads both in New South Wales and in 

 Gippsland. The presence of the cones of Banlcsia in the leads had 

 already been determined, and in the clays above the drifts the leaves of 

 Eucalyptus, so little changed that they still preserve their fragrance ! 

 and trunks of large trees so perfect as to be used, though the surface is 

 invariably carbonized. "W. C. 



Newberry, Prof. J. S. On the so-called Land Plants from the 

 Lower Silurian of Ohio. Amer. Journ. ser. 3, vol. viii. pp. 110-113. 



Gives figures of the two specimens described by Prof. Lesquereux as 

 belonging to SigiUaria, and, as they show no structure or spiral 

 arrangement of leaf-scars, concludes that they are rather casts of a 

 Fucoid stem. They are too imperfect to be put down positively as 

 land-plants. E. B. T. 



Paxtox, George A. Note on some Fossil Cones from the Airdrie 



Blackband Ironstones. Trans. Edin. Geol. Soc. vol. ii. part iii. 



pp. 307, 308. 



Notes the occurrence of cones, two of which are indeterminable, 



whilst the remaining two belong to Lepidodendron ohovatum and L. 



Russelianum. H. A. N. 



Peach, C. AV. Notice of a new Lepidodendroid Fossil from Devon- 

 side, Tillicoultry, with remarks on other Fossil Plants. Trans. 

 Bot. Soc. Edin. vol. xii. pp. 99-101. 



An account of some peculiarities observed in specimens collected by 

 the author. 



. Notes on some Fossil Plants from the Shales of "West Calder. 



Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. vol. xii. p. 102. 

 A branching fossil, bearing flower-like bodies singly or in pairs, is 

 described. 



-. Remarks on Specimens of Ulodendron and Ilalonia collected 



by Messrs. Galletly and Lumsden near West Calder. Trans. Bot. 

 Soc. Edin, vol. xii. pp. 174, 175. 



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