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1-5 [plates not numbered but referred to by numbers in the accom- 

 panying' text] . 



This contribution, aside from any scientific value that may pertain 

 to it, is locally of interest for the reason that it was inspired by and is 

 based upon discoveries made at Kreischerville by one of our members, 

 and first announced at one of our meeting's {Proc. Nat. Sci.Assn. S.I., 

 vol. ix, pp. 31, 32, Nov. I2th, 1904.) 



The material selected by the authors for examination was obtained 

 mostly from the amber bed in the Androvette clay pit, but some speci- 

 mens came from the nearby Drummond pit. This material consisted 

 of lig-nitic fragfments, which were separated from the matrix by macera- 

 tion in water, and other larg^er isolated pieces of lignite. Special at- 

 tention was devoted to certain cone scales commonly referred to the 

 genus Dammara; leafy branches recognized as belonging to the extinct 

 coniferous genus Brachyphylhcm, and some of the coniferous lignites. 

 The results obtained from microscopical examinations of these re- 

 mains are described and figured. 



The cone scales are shown not to belong to the genus Dammara, 

 but to a hitherto undescxibed extinct genus, closely allied, to which 

 the name Protodammara is given, and the Kreischerville specimens are 

 recognized as a new species under the name P. speciosa; the genus 

 Brachyphylhim is identified for the first time as belonging to the 

 Araucarineous group of conifers and probably as representing the 

 leafy branches of the tree that bore the Protodammara cones, and the 

 lignites are also identified as belonging to the same coniferous group. 



The value of critical microscopic examination of such material is 

 emphasized throughout the text, and the illustrations are admirable 

 examples of photomicrographic work. — A. H. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



