clii Proceedings of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
rther observations proved conclusively that all unfertilised females 
iaid ease that legs ight only : into | males 
Tn addition to the sci t this phenomenon is of great im- 
portance in peo entomology. 
Section of Botany. 
President :--Proressor B. Saunt, M.A., D.Sc. 
Presidential Address. 
Tur Present Position oF INDIAN PALAKOBOTANY. 
Contents. 
Page 
INTRODUCTION clii 
Historica, SKETCH cliii 
HE NaTURE OF THE MATE ERIA clv 
PHYSICAL babi ea eae oe Fonsaiox or Pr ANT BEARING 
Deposits oF IN oy elvi 
InpIan Fossit TLORAS ae Ae es Bs elvii 
é I. Precambrian Ss ae male elvii 
Cuddapah Series ee at elvii 
Vindhyan Series ie : a elviii 
Il. Silurian ‘ ee ali re elviii 
IIl. Carboniferous kr ay ee ee elviii 
Po Series Ae ok be BS elvili 
Talchir Stage . us er on clix 
webs bari Stage ae ae ae elix 
LV. Permia fa = ore elxi 
Bat akar Stage aa pe ix elxi 
Ironstone Shales Stage .. ie : clxi 
Ran a ee — Va ks a elxi 
VY. Triassic-Rhae ihe ie ie elxi 
Panchet se Sys Be a oe elxi 
Parsora Stage .- 7 Bu & elxi 
Vil. Jurassic a oe ak elxiil 
Rajmahal Stage ame je aie elxiv 
a Sta = ge a elxiv 
ae sbalpus Reaie Pe = ot elxiv 
VII. Cretaceous. . a a a elxvi 
Umia Sta De — otk elxvi 
Imir Gondabseus it va ae elxvi 
Utatur Stage elxvii 
Trichinopoly ga ’ es ~  Olxvii 
siherial Stag re elxvii 
Lame i Bods intre: ‘Trappean Beds) Seccy CUE 
Inter-Trappean Beds Vols ve 
Vill. Seren gue Post- steer ih sia ;> Sieve 
Cononusi es bie es elxxi 
pobre ro LITERATURE “Crrep iy ee bs elxxi 
INTRODUCTION. 
_It has probably occurred to other botanists here present, 
t has to myself, that the study of extinct forms of plant 
lie ta hitherto occupied, in Tndian Botany, only ees sub- 
inate position. From the geological side, of course, the 
