154 Prof. Dr. von Hitingshausen—Tertiary Flora of Australia. 
Of the species the more remarkable are: Pteris Humei, nearly 
allied to P. tremula, R. Brown, of the living flora of Australia; 
Betula Daltoniana allied to B. prisca of the European, and B. Vogdesit 
of the American Tertiary; Alnus Muelleri, like A. gracilis of the 
same, and A. Americana of the American Tertiary strata; Quercus 
Hookeri allied to Q. laurifolia of the Tertiary flora of Java; Quercus 
calophylla, nearly allied to the living Q. Philippinensis; Quercus 
Darwinii allied to Q. bidens of the Tertiary flora of Sumatra; Fagus 
Wilkinsoni connects F. prisca of the Cretaceous flora with F-. "Feroniee 
of the Tertiary; Castanopsis Benthami nearly allied to C. mepht- 
tidioides of the Eocene flora of Borneo; Cinnamomum Leichardtit, 
allied to C. spectabile of the European and C. Missipiense of the 
American Tertiary flora; Laurus Australiensis, allied to L. Swos- 
zowiciana of the first and to L. socialis of the latter flora; Knightia 
Daltoniana related to Knightia Nimrodis of the European Hocene 
flora; Apocynophyllum Etheridge, allied to A. Reinwardtianum of the 
Tertiary of Java; Tabernemontana primigenia, allied to the Tertiary 
T. bohemica; Magnolia Brownii, like the European Tertiary M. 
Diane, and the M. tenuifolia of the American Cretaceous flora. 
There are further, species of Artocarpidium, Bombax, Pittosporum, 
Celastrophyllum, Bucalyptus, Dalbergia, Cassia, and Leguminosites, 
which are allied mostly to species of the Eocene flora. The fossil 
flora of Dalton belongs, I do not doubt, to the Tertiary formation. 
As the number of the characteristic Australian forms is so small, and 
therefore the flora of Dalton so unlike that now living in Australia, 
I think there must be a greater part of the Tertiary period between 
both. Besides this, several species are closely allied to Huropean and 
American Eocene plants, and some species even to Cretaceous. I 
therefore regard the deposit at Dalton, from which the fossil plants 
come, as Hocene. 
2. Wallerawang, New South Wales. 
Of the Plant-remains which there occur in Tertiary strata I could 
ascertain only one new species—Microrhagion Liversidgei (so named 
in honour of Prof. A. Liversidge, who sent the specimen to Mr. 
Etheridge) ; it belongs to the Monocotyledons. The exact age of 
these beds cannot be determined accurately. 
3. The Tertiary Travertin in the neighbourhood of Hobart Town, 
Tasmania. 
This Travertin has been ably investigated and written on by Mr. 
R. M. Johnston.1 I have examined in the British Museum a series of 
11. Johnston (R. M.)—Regarding the Composition and Extent of certain Tertiary 
Beds in and around Launceston. Proc. R. Soc, Tas. for 187 3, pp. 34—48. 
2. The Launceston Tertiary Basin; Second Paper. Ibid. for 1874, pp. 
29 and 53—62. 
3. Note on the Discovery of Spondylostrobus Smythii (v. Mueller) and 
other Fossil Fruits in the Deep Lead Drift at Brandy Creek Gold Field. did. for 
1879, pp. 29—41. 
4. Notes on the Relations of the Yellow Limestone (Travertin), of Geilston 
Bay, with other Fluviatile and Lacustrine Deposits in Tasmania and Australia, to- 
gether with Descriptions of the two New Fossil Helices. did. for 1879, pp. 81—90. 
