548 A. R. Horwood—Post- Pleistocene of Central England. 
Hydrocotyle vulgaris. 
Valeriana officinalis. 
Eupatorium cannabinum. 
Leontodon autumnalis. 
Taraxacum officinale. 
Ajuga reptans. 
Atriplex, 
Eleocharis palustris. 
Scirpus paucifiorus. 
Carex. 
Isoetes lacustris. 
According to Mr. Reid this flora is Interglacial, and it is 
undoubtedly Pleistocene, judging from the associated mammals, but 
we include it for comparison with the later floras. 
Hieuer Trent VALLEY. 
In the higher reaches of the River Trent, in alluvium of the 
tributary Cocker Beck, the following mammalia were recognized by 
E. T. Newton ! :— 
Human femur. 
Horse. 
Ox (? Bos longifrons). 
Sheep or goat. 
ig. P 
Dog or wolf. 
Mr. Clement Reid recognized in the silt the following plants :— 
Ranunculus aquatilis. 
R. flammula. 
R. acris. 
Fumaria officinalis. 
Arenaria trinervia. 
Spergula arvensis. 
Montia fontana. 
Prunus spinosa. 
P. padus. 
Rubus. 
Potentilla tormentilla. 
Apium graveolens. 
A. nodiflorum. 
Cornus sanguinea. 
Sambucus nigra. 
Carduus palustris. 
Solanum duleamara. 
Mentha aquatica. 
Galeopsis tetrahit. 
Stachys sylvatica. 
Chenopodium rubrum. 
Ttumex conglomeratus. 
Urtica dioica. 
Corylus avellana. 
Scirpus lacustris. 
Carex spp. 
The following shells were also found :— 
Pisidiwm pusillun. 
Spharium sp. 
Acanthinula lamellata. 
Carychium minimum. 
Clausilia cf. rugosa. 
CO. sp. 
Cochlicopa lubrica. 
Helix hortensis. 
HT. lapicida. 
HH. nemoralis. 
HI. pulchella. 
Limnea et. peregra. 
L. truncatula. 
Physa hypnorum. 
Planorbis nitidus. 
P. spirorbis. 
Pupa angliea. 
P. cylindracea. 
Pyranidula rotundata. 
Suceinea elegans. 
S. putris. 
Vertigo alpestris. 
V. antivertigo. 
V. pusilla. 
Vitrea cellaria, 
Peat and vegetable matter were noticed in sewer cuttings at old 
Basford in the Leen Valley ; and in peat at Old Radford, Quercus robur 
and Pinus sylvestris were observed by Mr. Shipman. At Clifton two 
teeth of Llephas primigenius were discovered 6 feet deep in brick-earth, 
and at Sneinton, close to Nottingham, a band of peat (12 to 18 inches) 
was found by Mr. Shipman, containing hazel-nuts and Bos longifrons. 
1 The Geology of the Country between Newark and Nottingham (Mem. Geol. Sury.), 
1908, p. 86. 
