160 PROCEEDINGS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Dec. 22, 
before the Belfast Natural-History and Philosophical Society, states 
‘‘ that the plant impressions are in the red earth or lithomarge lying 
on and in this hematite-conglomerate.”’ These are inaccuracies, and 
imply that the plants are associated with masses which are the pro- 
ducts of metamorphism. 
Fig. 3.—Section at Ballypalidy. 
The section at Ballypalidy, west side of railway (fig. 3), in de- 
scending order is as follows :— 
Do Glacial Driftscncoits tee dassaa saan testes se seu olomaaitea acento tees 12 feet. 
2. Conglomerate-bed, composed principally of spheroids of 
iron-ore, in a ferrugineo-argillaceous paste, with which are 
associated fragments of basalt and greenstone. Occasion- 
ally thin bands of an arenaceous clay with plant-impres- 
sions appear among the conglomerate; otherwise there is no 
appearance of stratification in this bed ....................-4-+ 10-12 feet. 
3. Plant-bed, a reddish-yellow ferrugineo-arenaceous shale, 
distinctly laminated, with fragments of plants along the 
planesiolgued dine pec reaeecst canslencttact cre saenebe cise nearer 4-8 inches. 
4. The so-called plant-bed passes into a browner stratum, more 
argillaceous, the darker colour being due chiefly to an ad- 
mixture of finely disseminated carbonized vegetable frag- 
ments. Plant-remains occur also init; and patches of lig- 
nite increase in frequency downwards. Total thickness of 
plant-layer (and\thisibed yey ppra-) cnet ssasrari sean /s.neteesny «ciao cls 3 feet. 
amet Oi fg oh MRE reco eeaiauc cu shun oeaok quaadpabadann uae pbeotneandaenBoEoD 1 foot. 
». Amygdaloidal basalt. 
=> 
The conglomerate is of irregular thickness, thinning out towards 
the S. W., whilst the finer sediments below increase slightly in 
