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determinable leaves of this genus have not as yet been found in the 
Eocene Flora of Great Britain. 
The Agave is indicated by a valve of its fruit; Smilax, of which 
‘leaves are not unfrequently found at Bournemouth, is indicated by a 
berry. Of Musa, of which only leaves had as yet been found, there 
are seeds. Of Amomum, two kinds of fruit have been found. These 
have hitherto been mistaken for smaller fruits of the Nipadites. Of 
particular interest are the many species of Palms. The fruits and 
seeds of some, for instance, Sabal major, Trinax Bowerbankii, Eleis 
eocenica, Iriarteu striata, Livistona eocenica, have been found. Of the 
Sabal and Iriartea the leaves are found at Bournemouth. The Zleis 
eocenica, the most common Palm of the Sheppey Flora, is nearly 
allied to the H. melanococca, and the Livistona eocenica to the L. 
chinensis. 
I do not yet know whether the Aroidea seed, which I have placed 
in Aronium, might be united with the Aroidea leaf of Bournemouth. 
On the other hand, I think it is very likely that some of the kinds of 
oak fruits correspond with some of the kinds of oak leaves, which are 
to be met with at Bournemouth. Two of the Bournemouth species 
are also found in the Miocene Flora, and one of these, Quercus lonchitis, 
also in other Eocene Floras. 
A small nut shows all the characters of the Corylus, which is 
found in the Miocene Flora. The absence of Fagus is very remarkable, 
as two kinds of leaves, which can only belong to this genus, have 
been found in Bournemouth. agus is frequently found in the 
Miocene and Post-Tertiary formations, and also in the Cretaceous 
formation, and I believe, therefore, that it may still be found in 
Sheppey. 
The fruit of Liquidambar from Sheppey may belong to the same 
species as the inflorescence of Liquidambar, which I found amongst 
the fossils of Bournemouth. The berry of Zaurus, which I have found 
amongst the Sheppey fruits, is placed by me in Zaurus Lalages, the 
leaves of which have been not only found in Bournemouth, but also 
in the Austrian Eocene (Sotzka, Hering), where they occur associated 
with berries. 
The occurrence of a species of Nyssa, I think, may be also accepted 
for the Bournemouth strata. Of the Proteaces, besides Petrophiloides, 
a seed belonging to the Protez occurs, perhaps corresponding with 
the leaf which I have seen among the fossils of Alum Bay. In Bourne- 
mouth and Alum Bay were found the seeds of some other Proteacez 
which are not in Sheppey, as they have delicate wings. Some of the 
cones referred by Bowerbank to Petrophiloides belong to Sequoia. 
The Gamopetalz are represented by many genera, of which almost 
all appear also in the Miocene Flora. The fruit of Cinchonidium of 
Sheppey and the leaves ofa species of Cinchonidiwm from Bournemouth 
may belong together. I accept the same for the Apocynophyllum fruit 
of Sheppey and the corresponding leaf of Bournemouth. This last 
accords in all its characters with A. Reussi, which also appears in the 
fossil Flora of Sagor. But I have not found up to the present time, 
in the Eocene Flora of Great Britain, any leaf belonging to the cha- 
