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Tihiacee. Eucalyptus Pluti, M‘Coy. 
Hleocarpus Bassii, Ett. Papilionacee. 
Olacinee (?). Dalbergia Diemenii, Ett. 
Hisothecaryon semipetalum, F. v. M. Cesalpiniee. 
Sapindacee. Cassia Cookii, Ett. 
Sapindus Tasmanicus, Ett. », Llindersii, Ktt. 
Pentacoila Gulgonensis, F. v. M. Leguminosites Kennedyi, Kitt. 
Penteune brachyclinis, F. v. M. 
i Clarkei, F. v. M. PLANT INCERTH SEDIS. 
i trachyclinis, F. v. M. Odontocaryon Macgregorii, F. v. M.. 
af Allporti, F. v. M. Platycoila Sullivani, F. v. M. 
Phymatocaryon angulare, F. vy. M. Pleiacron elachocarpum, F. v. M. 
oe bivalve, F. v. M. Rhytidotheca Linchii, F. v. M. 
3¢ Mackayi, F.v. M. - A pleioclinis, F. v. M. 
Tricoclocaryon Barnardi, F. v. M. Wilkinsonia bilaminata, F. v. M. 
Pittosporee. Xylocaryon Lockii, F. v. M. 
Pittosporum priscum, Kitt. Carpolithes Gaertnerioides, Ktt. 
Celastrinee. \, Risdonianus, Ett. 
Celastrophyllum Cunninghami, Ett. Phyllites populiformis, Kitt. 
Rhamnee. ee Jiciformis, Ett. 
Pomaderrites Banksii, Ett. »  Juglandiformis, Kitt. 
Caleycifiore. 6 ligustroides, Kitt. 
Acrocoila anadonta, F. v. M. a pyriformis, Ett. 
Myrtacee. HS Phaseolites, Ktt. 
Eucalyptus Delftii, Ett. . sophoreformis, Ett. 
0 obligua, \ Herit. _ mimoseformis, Ett. 
IIJ.—On tur Ovurcror oF THE BROocKENHURST BED NEAR LYNDHURST; 
By the late E. B. Tawney, M.A., F.G.S.1 
ROCKENHURST fossils were found as long ago as 1858 by 
Mr. Keeping on Cutwalk Hill, Lyndhurst. He had been 
lately excavating in the railway cutting near Brockenhurst, at the 
time that the line was being converted to a double one,? and he was 
anxious to prove the presence of this bed, which just then was 
attracting much attention at Lyndhurst. 
Accordingly he made a few little pits near the spot where he had 
picked up the characteristic fossils. He obtained only a few well- 
preserved specimens, the bed not seeming rich at this spot. He 
succéeded, however, in proving that the Brockenhurst bed lay im- 
mediately on the freshwater Lower Headon Marls. It is these 
freshwater marls which used to be so much used for marling the 
land, and the whole country is riddled with pits where these or 
similar shelly freshwater marls occur. 
It is necessary then to pay attention in making excavations, so as 
not to touch soil which has been moved before. 
Mr. Keeping’s pits were well selected as to position, and it was 
due to no fault of his that he did not find a rich fauna. He never, 
however, published an account of his researches, so I make no 
apology for recounting them here. 
The next mention of Brockenhurst fossils is in Mr. Wise’s work 
on the New Forest. He mentions the digging of a well on Emery 
* The MS. of this paper in the author’s own hand-writing has just (March 2nd) 
been transmitted to me by Mr. Henry Keeping of the Woodwardian Museum, 
Cambridge.—Eprr. Grou. Maa. 
* The L. & 8S. W. R. single line was made in 1847. 
