62 Origin of the British Flora. 
E. Loam at the base of the marl :— 
Betula alba. 
Potamogeton. 
B is Recent or Neolithic. 
Carex. 
C and E correspond with 
the marl at Ballaugh (which see), and are classed pro- 
visionally as Late Glacial. 
CORSTORPHINE, NEAR EDINBURGH. 
(Bennie, ‘Arctic Plants in the old Lake Deposits of 
Scotland, Azxn. Scot. Nat. Hist, 1894, pp. 46-52.) 
In the lower part of the lacustrine deposits filling a 
silted-up lake are numerous seeds and leaves of Arctic 
plants. 
The deposit is probably Late Glacial, and con- 
temporaneous with those of Hailes and Dronachy. 
Ranunculus aquatilis. 
repens. 
Viola palustris. 
Stellaria media. 
Rubus. 
Dryas octopetala. 
Potentilla. 
Poterium officinale. 
Hippuris vulgaris. 
Myriophyllum spicatum. 
Taraxacum officinale. 
Andromeda Polifolia. 
Loiseleuria procumbens. 
Menyanthes trifoliata. 
Oxyria digyna. 
Betula nana. 
Salix repens. 
herbacea. 
— polaris. 
reticulata. 
Empetrum nigrum. 
Potamogeton. 
Eleocharis palustris. 
Scirpus pauciflorus. 
lacustris. 
Carex, 2 sp. 
CORTON, SUFFOLK. 
(Reid, ‘Notes on the Sections at Corton, seen during 
the recent visit of the members of the Geological Con- 
gress, Trans. Norfolk Nat. Soc. Vol. IV., pp. 606-609. 
1889.) 
A bed of lignite and clay, belonging to the Preglacial 
Cromer Forest-bed, here yields abundant seeds. 
