University of Virginia, Va., 



August 20, 1882. 



Sir: I herewith transmit the manuscript and plates of my memoir on 

 "The Older Mesozoic Flora of Virginia." 



The work is based upon the study of a number of plants obtained after 

 several years of diligent search in the older Mesozoic strata of Virginia. 

 The many difficulties attending the collection of fossils from these beds 

 show that the plants here described form but a small fragment of what was 

 evidently a rich flora. Still the list is sufficient, I think, to give us a fair 

 idea of its general character. 



I am, with respect, your obedient servant, 



WM. M. FONTAINE. 



Hon. J. W. Powell, 



Director United States Geological Survey. 



