﻿506 
  MESSES. 
  E. 
  T. 
  NEWTON 
  AND 
  J. 
  J. 
  H. 
  TEALL 
  ON 
  [DeC. 
  1897, 
  

  

  one 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  spore 
  coal 
  ' 
  so 
  commonly 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  ' 
  Coal 
  Measure 
  ' 
  

   coal 
  ; 
  and 
  on 
  examination 
  with 
  the 
  microscope 
  this 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   lignite 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  largely 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  micro- 
  and 
  macrospores. 
  

   This 
  coal-seam, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  we 
  can 
  judge, 
  occurs 
  about 
  100 
  feet 
  

   above 
  the 
  sandstone 
  which 
  has 
  yielded 
  the 
  plant-remains, 
  and 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  it 
  belongs 
  to 
  beds 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  period. 
  A 
  

   similar 
  lignite 
  or 
  coal 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  moraine 
  at 
  Cape 
  Kichthofen, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  certain 
  that 
  it 
  contains 
  macrospores. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  still 
  a 
  specimen 
  from 
  Cape 
  Stephen 
  which 
  has 
  to 
  be 
  

   noticed; 
  but, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  talus 
  at 
  300 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  

   sea, 
  it 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  it 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  derived 
  from 
  a 
  bed 
  situated 
  

   at 
  that 
  or 
  some 
  greater 
  elevation. 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  a 
  slab 
  about 
  

   10 
  inches 
  square 
  and 
  1| 
  inch 
  thick, 
  wholly 
  composed 
  of 
  layers 
  

   of 
  plant-remains 
  completely 
  silicified 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  black 
  throughout, 
  but 
  

   one 
  surface 
  is 
  weathered 
  white. 
  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  

   strap-like 
  leaves 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  9 
  mm. 
  wide, 
  and 
  the 
  longest 
  piece 
  

   measures 
  about 
  110 
  mm., 
  but 
  none 
  are 
  perfect 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  ; 
  the 
  

   broadest 
  leaf 
  has 
  11 
  longitudinal 
  ridges. 
  They 
  remind 
  one 
  of 
  Baiera 
  

   and 
  Podozamites, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  evidence 
  of 
  their 
  mode 
  of 
  attach- 
  

   ment, 
  and 
  their 
  true 
  affinities 
  are 
  uncertain. 
  

  

  On 
  this 
  slab 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  fan-like 
  leaf 
  which 
  is 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  an 
  

   undivided 
  Ginkgo-le&i, 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  G. 
  integriuscula 
  from 
  Jurassic 
  

   beds 
  in 
  Spitsbergen, 
  1 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  a 
  still 
  closer 
  resemblance 
  to 
  

   G. 
  reniformis, 
  Heer, 
  from 
  Tertiary 
  beds 
  on 
  the 
  Lena. 
  2 
  As 
  the 
  

   identity 
  of 
  this 
  Ginkgo 
  is 
  not 
  established, 
  it 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  taken 
  as 
  

   an 
  indication 
  of 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  the 
  specimen 
  being 
  of 
  Tertiary 
  

   age, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  plants 
  on 
  the 
  slab 
  do 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  militate 
  

   against 
  this 
  ; 
  the 
  piece 
  of 
  a 
  conifer-branch 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  Ginkgo 
  

   might 
  be 
  of 
  almost 
  any 
  age. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  possible, 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  

   hand, 
  that 
  this 
  slab 
  has 
  been 
  derived 
  from 
  a 
  bed 
  representing 
  at 
  

   Cape 
  Stephen 
  the 
  Upper 
  Jurassic 
  plant-bed 
  of 
  Cape 
  Flora. 
  Finally, 
  

   it 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  this 
  silicified 
  slab 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  age 
  as 
  the 
  silicified 
  

   wood 
  which 
  is 
  so 
  abundant 
  in 
  Franz 
  Josef 
  Land 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  

   wood 
  has 
  yet 
  to 
  be 
  settled. 
  

  

  8. 
  Cape 
  Crowther. 
  

  

  Cape 
  Crowther, 
  which 
  is 
  some 
  12 
  miles 
  north-west 
  of 
  Cape 
  

   Grant, 
  has 
  been 
  visited, 
  but 
  the 
  only 
  specimens 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  

   received 
  from 
  that 
  locality 
  are 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  the 
  ubiquitous 
  silicified 
  

   wood, 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  silicified 
  plant-remains, 
  and 
  some 
  black-banded 
  

   chert 
  containing 
  vegetable 
  tissue. 
  These 
  fossils 
  were 
  not 
  found 
  in 
  

   place, 
  but 
  were 
  picked 
  up 
  from 
  the 
  highest 
  raised 
  beach. 
  

  

  9. 
  Cape 
  Neale. 
  

  

  About 
  6 
  miles 
  still 
  farther 
  north-west 
  is 
  Cape 
  Neale, 
  the 
  most 
  

   westerly 
  point 
  from 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  received 
  specimens. 
  On 
  the 
  

  

  1 
  Heer, 
  ' 
  Flora 
  Fossilis 
  Arctica,' 
  vol. 
  iv. 
  (1877) 
  pt. 
  i. 
  p. 
  44 
  & 
  pi. 
  x. 
  figs. 
  7-9. 
  

  

  2 
  Ibid. 
  vol. 
  v. 
  (1878) 
  pt. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  32 
  & 
  pi. 
  viii. 
  figs. 
  24-25. 
  

  

  