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Prof. W. P. Shimper’s work on Vegetable Paleontology.*¥— 
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number of speci as nearly quadrupled. Moreover, Unger, 
adopting generally the published species without critically exam- 
inin , has given in his work merely brief descriptions which 
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fossil plants of Europe in order to examine and compare thé speci- 
mens on which the species were established 
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another on its application to geology. This, with a gene classi- 
* Traité de Paléontologie V a i tlas of 100 plates 
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