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  J. 
  S. 
  GAKDNER 
  DESCRIPTION 
  AND 
  

  

  pinnatifid 
  leaf 
  of 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  Stenocarpus 
  is, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  com- 
  

   pound 
  Acacia-like 
  leaf, 
  entirely 
  confined 
  to 
  this 
  patch. 
  Other 
  cha- 
  

   racteristic 
  leaves 
  are 
  a 
  small 
  oval 
  Smilax 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  twining 
  stem, 
  

   a 
  Ghjptostrobus 
  (?), 
  and 
  a 
  Lygodium. 
  The 
  only 
  fossil 
  feather 
  yet 
  

   found, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  am 
  aware, 
  in 
  England 
  was 
  obtained 
  in 
  this 
  bed. 
  

   Another 
  patch 
  at 
  the 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  chine 
  has 
  only 
  single 
  detached 
  

   leaves, 
  smoothly 
  spread 
  between 
  the 
  surfaces 
  of 
  laminated 
  sandy 
  

   clay, 
  and 
  is 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  great 
  preponderance 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  

   hornbeam-like 
  leaf 
  and 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  stipules 
  and 
  serrate 
  leaves 
  of, 
  

   apparently, 
  a 
  willow. 
  Nearer 
  Poole 
  Harbour 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  small 
  

   patches 
  of 
  clay 
  occur 
  ; 
  yet 
  these 
  sometimes 
  contain 
  leaves 
  quite 
  pe- 
  

   culiar 
  to 
  them. 
  

  

  Unlike 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  cliffs 
  eastward, 
  the 
  longest 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   clays 
  up 
  to 
  this 
  point 
  face 
  the 
  sea 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  extend 
  far 
  in 
  the 
  up- 
  

   chine 
  sections. 
  

  

  The 
  second 
  group 
  extends 
  from 
  Sugar-loaf 
  Chine 
  to 
  Watering 
  

   Chine 
  (fig. 
  1) 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  cliffs 
  are 
  somewhat 
  differently 
  composed. 
  The 
  

   black 
  clays 
  are 
  almost 
  unrepresented 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  their 
  place 
  are 
  observed 
  

   numerous 
  small 
  and 
  always 
  lenticular 
  patches 
  of 
  light-coloured 
  clay, 
  

   not 
  arranged 
  in 
  any 
  horizontal 
  series, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   overlying 
  one 
  another 
  at 
  one 
  spot. 
  They 
  are 
  either 
  composed 
  of 
  

   pinkish 
  laminated 
  sandy 
  clay, 
  hard 
  white 
  sandy 
  marl, 
  or 
  pure 
  

   white 
  pipe-clay. 
  The 
  first 
  variety 
  has 
  sometimes 
  faintly 
  marked 
  

   impressions 
  of 
  leaves, 
  while 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  unstratified 
  and 
  without 
  

   fossils. 
  Only 
  one 
  considerable 
  patch 
  in 
  this 
  group, 
  occurring 
  about 
  

   100 
  yards 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Branksome 
  watch-tower, 
  has 
  yielded 
  

   well-preserved 
  fossils. 
  It 
  is 
  25' 
  feet 
  across, 
  composed 
  of 
  white 
  and 
  

   drab 
  and 
  pinkish 
  clay, 
  overlying 
  black 
  sandy 
  clay; 
  and 
  it 
  contains 
  re- 
  

   mains 
  of 
  insects, 
  flowers, 
  leguminous 
  pods, 
  small 
  detached 
  willow-like 
  

   leaves 
  with 
  smooth 
  or 
  serrated 
  margins, 
  stipules, 
  laurel 
  and 
  Dios- 
  

   jogros 
  leaves. 
  When 
  leaves 
  occur 
  in 
  it 
  that 
  are 
  met 
  with 
  elsewhere 
  on 
  

   this 
  coast, 
  they 
  are 
  small 
  and 
  stunted. 
  This 
  lenticular 
  patch 
  is 
  

   composed 
  as 
  follows 
  (fig. 
  2) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Pig. 
  2. 
  — 
  Section 
  of 
  Willow-bed, 
  East 
  of 
  Sugar-loaf 
  Chine. 
  

  

  9- 
  

  

  a. 
  Buff 
  quartzose 
  sand 
  ft. 
  in. 
  

  

  b. 
  Coarse 
  red 
  irony 
  sand 
  with 
  iron 
  layer 
  at 
  base 
  . 
  4 
  

  

  c. 
  White 
  clay, 
  stained 
  slightly 
  yellow 
  in 
  places, 
  with 
  leaves 
  ... 
  6 
  

  

  d. 
  Cinnamon-coloured 
  clay, 
  with 
  leaves 
  8 
  

  

  e. 
  Blackish 
  clay 
  in 
  layers 
  7 
  

  

  / 
  Yellowish 
  sandy 
  clay 
  1 
  

  

  White 
  sand 
  1| 
  

  

  Coarse 
  red 
  sand 
  4 
  

  

  g. 
  Quartzose 
  sand 
  to 
  beach. 
  

  

  