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GEOLOGICAL MEMOIRS, 



On the EossiL Ploea of the Tfpes of Czekehaza. (N. Hun'gaey). 



By Herr H. Wolf. 



[Proceed. Imp. G-eol, Instit. Yienna, August 31, 1868]. 



The species represented in this flora, as determined by Professor 

 linger, are : — 



Alnus rostratum, Xing. 

 Castanea Kubinyi, Kovacs. 

 Quercus deuterogena, Ung. 



Nimrodis, Ung. 



Sapindus Erdobenyensis, Kov. 

 Zelkowa Ungeri, Kov. (= Planera 



Ungeri). 

 Phragmitis Oeningensis, Heer. 

 Caulinites dubius, Heer. 

 Podogonium Knorrii, Heer. 



latifolium, Heer. 



Arundo Groepperti, Heer, 

 Carpinus grandis, Ung. 



Juglans acuminata, Ung. 

 Ehamnus Oeningensis, Heer. 

 Andromeda tristis, Uoig. 

 Banksia helvetica, Heer. 

 Populus latior ro tun data, Heer. 

 Acer decipiens, Heer. 

 Ficus tiKsefolia, Ung. 

 Grrewia tiliacea, Utig. 

 Sterculia tenuinervis, Heer. 



Handtkeni, Ung. 



Salix varians, Heer. 

 Lastrsea dalmatica, Ettingsh. 



In the immediate vicinity, a kind of Menihtic shale includes re- 

 mains of plants and fishes, and, in beds of a tripoli-like substance,Dia- 

 tomacese and insects. A new locality of freshwater quartz abounds 

 in silicified stems of trees, with some few impressions of leaves and 

 minute shells of terrestrial Mollusca. [Count M.] 



On the Geology of Texas. By Herr A. E. Eoesslee. 

 [Proceed. Imp. Geol. Instit. May 31, 1868.] 



The territory of Texas offers a complete series of deposits from 

 the Palaeozoic Potsdam Sandstone up to the highest Tertiaries. 

 A bed of genuine bituminous coal is known to exist near Port 

 Belknap. The Carboniferous formation has been stated to ex- 

 tend over 5000 square miles of surface, and to be 350 feet in 

 thickness. The thickness of the Cretaceous deposits probably ex- 

 ceeds 1500 feet ; they are distinctly stratified, generally fos- 

 siliferous, coralline limestones, particularly well developed in the 



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