120 THE LIASSIG PERIODS. CHAP. 



FOSSILS OF THE LIASSIC PEKIOD. 



ACOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



Confervites (?). R. Estheria bed, Westbury. 



A capsule (?) of a moss. L. Insect limestone, near Gloucester. 



Equisetum Brodiaei. Buckman. L. Insect limestone, Strenshatn. 



MONOCOTYLBDONOUS PLANTS. 



Naiadita lanceolata. Brodie. R. Estheria bed, Strensham, and near Bristol. 

 obtusa. Buck. R. Same localities. 

 petiolata. Buck. R. Same localities. 



DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS. 



Palaeozamia obtusa. Lindley. L. Insect limestone, Wainlode, Bidford. 



Bucklandi. Brong. L. Insect limestone, Roughton, Strensham, 

 Wilmcote, Bidford. 



Pinites, an imperfect cone of. In middle lias, Dumbleton. 

 Cupressus(?) latifolia. Buck. Insect limestone, Strensham. 

 Brachyphyllum solitarium. n. s. L. Bidford. 

 Hippurites (?) ... Insect limestone, Strensham. 

 Seed of an umbelliferous (?) plant. Insect limestone, Strensham. 

 Leaf of an ericaceous (?) plant. Insect limestone, Strensham. 



This catalogue is taken from a Memoir by Professor Buckman, 

 in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol. vi. p. 413, 

 with some additional localities. Nearly all the specimens were 

 obtained from the calcareous beds in the upper part of the Rhsetic 

 or Westbury series, including in that term the Estheria bed and 

 the Insect or Monotis bed, already described. Little can be af- 

 firmed concerning them beyond the probability of their being partly 

 aquatic, as Naiadita; marsh-loving, as Equisetum (?) and Hippu- 

 rites (?) ; and occupiers of drier land, as Otopteris, Cupressus (?), and 

 Pinites. What is called Cupressus may perhaps be ranked with 

 some oolitic conifers under the title of Thuytes or Brachyphyllum. 

 These plants seem to be such as might correspond in relation to 

 climate with the insects which accompany them. 



FOSSILS OF THE LIASSIC PERIOD. 



FORAMINIFEBA. 



Cristellaria . . . 



Polymorphina . . . 



Spirillina infima. Westbury beds, Wainlode. 



Other forms occur, not yet determined. 



