Former Distribution of British Plants. 143 
MyRIcA GALE, L. 
Unknown fossil in Britain. 
Recorded from the Oak Zone in Gotland, Sweden 
{Gunnar Andersson); from Fahrenkrug in Holstein asso- 
ciated with Brasenza (Carl Weber); and from Honerdingen, 
in Hanover, associated with Platanus, Juglans, and Najas 
flexilis (C. Weber). 
BETULA ALBA, L. 
Neolithic :— 
Drope, Glamorgan; Southampton Docks (recorded 
by Messrs. Shore & Elwes); Albert Dock, N. Woolwich; 
Crossness, Essex (in lower and upper peats), (Spurrell); 
Whittlesey Mere, Fenland (Skertchly); Caerwys, Flint- 
shire; Hailes, near Edinburgh; Cowden Glen, Renfrew- 
shire. Also common in peat-mosses nearly everywhere. 
Late Glacial :— 
Bovey Tracey, Devon (A. G. Nathorst); Close y 
Garey, Isle of Man ; Crianlarich, Perthshire. 
Interglacial :— 
West Wittering, Sussex. 
Preglacial (Cromer Forest-bed) :— 
Common nearly everywhere. 
BETULA NANA, L. 
Late Glacial :— 
Bovey Tracey, Devon (Heer); Hoxne, Suffolk (bed C); 
Holmpton, East Yorkshire; Bridlington, Yorkshire (Na- 
thorst) ; Corstorphine, near Edinburgh; Dronachy, Fife ; 
Crianlarich, Perthshire. , 
