2 ARKIV FÖR BOTANIK. BAND 13. N:0 7. 



desire to render their sincere thanks for assistance in various 

 waj^s. They are further indebted to Prof. J. Chr. Moberg 

 for information on geological points. 



The occurrence of coal-bearing deposits in south-eastern 

 Scania was known already to Angelin/ who marked them 

 in his geological map of Scania. Owing to the delay of the 

 publication of this map the first record of the formation 

 made public was Erdmaxn's description of the geology of 

 the Röddinge district in 1872.- Erdmann notes the occur- 

 rence of the formation in a narrow strip stretching in a 

 north-west — south-easterly direction between the Silurian 

 in the north-east and the Cretaceous in the south-west. He 

 describes the lithological character of the rocks, including 

 the thin seams of poor coal, but mentions no fossils. His 

 description is accompanied by a section (fig. 7) showing the 

 tectonic conditions, which are also discussed in the text. 



The first discovery of organic remains in the series was 

 made by Nathorst who found in 1876 three species of 

 fossil plants near Kurremölla, at the valley of the Nybroån. 

 Another collection, which, however, with the exception of an 

 undeterminable fragment of a conifer, contained no new .spe- 

 cies, was made in 1880 by A. F. Carlson. The species 

 known at the time were mentioned by Nathorst in 1880,^ 

 viz. an Anomoza77iües-]ike leaf, similar to A. minor, further a 

 new species of Equisetum and a fragment of Ctenis not very 

 different from C. jalcata Lindl. of the English Lower Oolite. 

 Nathorst points out that the plants from Kurremölla, as 

 far as they were known at the time, are different from those 

 of the other coal-bearing deposits of Scania and, if it is per- 

 missible to form any opinion on such a small number of 

 species, decidedly indicate a somewhat later ^ime of deposi- 

 tion. 



* Angelin, X. P., Geologisk öfversigtskarta öfver Sltåne. With text. 

 Published in Lund 1877. The map was printed in Munich 1859. 



■ Erdmann, E., Beskrifning öfver Skånes stenkulsförande formation. 

 Sveriges G«ol. Undersökning. Ser. C. 1872. P. 61. 



^ Xathorst, a. g., Om de växtförande lagren i Skånes kolförande 

 bildningar och deras plats i lagerföljden. Geol. Fören. Stockholm Förh. 

 Bd 5. 1880. P. 284. 



