CAREX Sp. 2. 

 PL III, fig. 27. 



Fruit large ; utricle loose baggy below, prolonged upwards into a wide strongly* 

 striate beak; striae about 16, thread-like prominent. 



Length 4.5 mm. (beak incomplete), breadth 2.5 mm. Nut (obscurely seen through 

 the utricle) ovate long-beaked. Reuver. 



A single specimen, showing a large thin utricle with long wide rostrum (incom* 

 plete), belongs to a welbmarked species apparently closely resembling C. Dickensii. 

 We have not seen any detached nuts which are likely to belong to this species; it must 

 wait for further material. 



CAREX Sp. 3. 



PL III, fig. 28. 



Utricle large narrowly ovate gradually merging into the beak, strongly but 

 irregularly striate. 



Length 4.3 mm. (base incomplete), breadth 1.7 mm. Swalmen. 



A single specimen; the nut is unknown. 



CAREX Sp. 4. 

 PL III, figs. 29, 30. 



Utricle regularly oval, varying in length, slightly stipitate, with about 15 raised 

 thread-like striae. 



Length 2.2 to 3.0 mm., breadth 1.3 to 1.5 mm. Brunssum. 



The nut of this striking Care* is unknown, and we have not sufficient material 

 for dissection; we have not observed among the detached nuts from Brunssum any 

 that are likely to belong to this species. 



About 8 or 10 other species of Care* are represented by a few, or single nuts, 

 sometimes with part of the utricle; but this material is insufficient for determination. 

 Illustrations of most of these will be found on PL III. 



PALMAE. 



The only remains yet found in the Pliocene of Limburg belonging to this order 

 prove to be very difficult to interpret. They seem to represent a genus no longer living; 

 but as there is a possibility that we may be mistaken as to the order, we do not give 

 the genus or species a name. The carpels only occur isolated; but their number must 

 have been three. 



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