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  Berry 
  — 
  Cretaceous 
  Hymencea 
  from 
  Alabama. 
  

  

  and 
  with 
  petiolules 
  of 
  considerable 
  length. 
  The 
  two 
  are 
  

   perfectly 
  distinct. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  sake 
  of 
  completeness 
  the 
  remaining 
  known 
  fos- 
  

   sil 
  species 
  of 
  Hymensea 
  may 
  be 
  enumerated. 
  These 
  are 
  

   Hymencea 
  elongata 
  Velenovsky 
  9 
  and 
  Hymencea 
  inaequalis 
  

   Velenovsky 
  10 
  from 
  the 
  Cenomanian 
  of 
  Bohemia, 
  the 
  

   former 
  also 
  recorded 
  from 
  the 
  Emscherian 
  of 
  that 
  

   country; 
  11 
  Hymencea 
  fenzlii, 
  a 
  doubtful 
  determination 
  

   by 
  Ettinghausen 
  12 
  of 
  leaves 
  from 
  the 
  Tortonian 
  of 
  Croa- 
  

   tia: 
  and 
  finally 
  the 
  form 
  from 
  the 
  Tortonian 
  of 
  Baden 
  

   which 
  Heer 
  described 
  as 
  Bauhinia 
  germanica 
  13 
  and 
  which 
  

   appears 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  like 
  Hymenaea. 
  

  

  9 
  Velenovsky, 
  Fl. 
  Bohm. 
  Kreidef 
  orm., 
  pt. 
  3, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  10, 
  pi. 
  5, 
  figs. 
  3, 
  5. 
  

  

  10 
  Velenovsky, 
  ibid., 
  p. 
  9, 
  pi. 
  6, 
  figs. 
  5, 
  6. 
  

  

  11 
  Fric, 
  Arcniv. 
  Naturwiss. 
  Landes. 
  Bohm., 
  vol. 
  10, 
  no. 
  4, 
  1897, 
  p. 
  79,. 
  

   tf. 
  114. 
  

  

  12 
  Ettingshausen, 
  Beitr. 
  z. 
  Kennt. 
  Fl. 
  v. 
  Eadoboj, 
  1870, 
  p. 
  68, 
  pi. 
  2, 
  figs. 
  

   5, 
  6. 
  

  

  13 
  Heer, 
  Fl. 
  Tert. 
  Helv., 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  109, 
  pi. 
  134, 
  fig. 
  21, 
  1859. 
  

  

  SCIENTIFIC 
  INTELLIGENCE. 
  

  

  I. 
  Chemistry 
  and 
  Physics. 
  

  

  1. 
  The 
  Potash 
  Deposits 
  of 
  Alsace. 
  — 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  the 
  

   iron-ore 
  deposits 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  Briey 
  in 
  Lorraine 
  have 
  supplied 
  

   the 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  iron 
  of 
  Germany 
  in 
  recent 
  times, 
  but 
  it 
  

   does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  well 
  known 
  that 
  Alsace 
  contains 
  another 
  

   enormously 
  important 
  natural 
  treasure 
  in 
  the 
  potash 
  deposits 
  

   near 
  Mulhausen 
  in 
  Alsace. 
  In 
  an 
  address 
  delivered 
  in 
  London 
  

   just 
  a 
  week 
  before 
  the 
  armistice 
  of 
  November 
  11, 
  1918, 
  President 
  

   Paul 
  Kestner 
  of 
  the 
  Societe 
  de 
  Chemie 
  Industrielle 
  described 
  

   these 
  potash 
  deposits 
  as 
  containing; 
  about 
  1,500,000,000 
  tons 
  of 
  

   salts 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  contents 
  of 
  22 
  per 
  cent 
  K 
  2 
  0, 
  richer 
  than 
  

   any 
  other 
  deposits, 
  easily 
  mined, 
  and 
  capable 
  of 
  supplying 
  the 
  

   world's 
  demand 
  for 
  potash 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  He 
  believes 
  that 
  

   the 
  existence 
  of 
  these 
  potash 
  deposits 
  and 
  the 
  iron-fields 
  already 
  

   referred 
  to 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  principal 
  reason 
  for 
  Germany's 
  desper- 
  

   ate 
  struggle 
  to 
  keep 
  Alsace-Lorraine 
  at 
  all 
  costs. 
  Several 
  Ger- 
  

   man 
  writers 
  are 
  quoted 
  as 
  stating 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  retaining 
  this 
  

   territory 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  deposits. 
  

  

  As 
  these 
  provinces 
  have 
  now 
  been 
  recovered 
  by 
  France 
  it 
  

   appears 
  that 
  the 
  German 
  Potash 
  Syndicate 
  will 
  no 
  longer 
  con- 
  

   trol 
  the 
  world's 
  principal 
  potash 
  supplies 
  as 
  a 
  monopoly, 
  and 
  

   that 
  this 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  benefit 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  food-supply, 
  since 
  by 
  far 
  

   the 
  larger 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  potash 
  salts 
  are 
  used 
  as 
  fertilizers 
  for 
  crops. 
  

   — 
  Jour. 
  Soc. 
  Chem. 
  Industry, 
  37, 
  (T) 
  291. 
  h. 
  l. 
  w. 
  

  

  