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with salt, and coloured with the dark tint of carbonaceous matter. 

 These sands contain very perfect remains of branches of a Coniferous 

 tree resembling the genus Dacridium and large pieces of Cactus. It 

 should be mentioned that this is the earliest cactus known, and that 



Fig. 4.— branch OF CONIFER {Taxodium). 



the spines are found to be still flexible. The sands are in other 

 places crowded with fruits — probably a Pandanus fruit (Nipadites) — 

 resembling those met with at Sheppey. Unfortunately the salt con- 

 tained in them effloresces and splits all these specimens into frag- 

 ments. 



GROUP OF MONOCOTYLEDONS 

 Fig. 5. 

 At Hengistbury Head we have deeper sea-deposits, with sharks' 

 teeth and bones. At Highclifi", Barton, we have relics of a sea 



