J. C. Branner — Estancia Beds of Bahia, etc. 619 



Art. LIII. — The Estancia Beds of Bahia, Sergipe, and 

 Alagoas, Brazil ; by J. C. Branner. 



The existence of recognizable fossil plants in the Estancia 

 beds of Brazil was first discovered in digging a well on fazenda 



Fig. 1. 



Parts of 

 JAHlAond SERGIPE 



showing the approximate 

 oil st r i but. ion of" the 

 ESTANCIA SERIES (PERMIAK 

 by 



Scale 



l V fS \ r £ Z 



LE G-ELrvjD 

 p: : :Vv':| C'ftaceous and Tertiary. 



a beats C Permian). 



Estancia beds covered by 

 later deposits. 



[i~''j>?] Crystalline Complex. 



Jacii, about six and a half kilometers northeast of the village of 

 Aracj, formerly known as Raso, in the state of Bahia. This 

 discovery was made in 1910 when specimens of the fossils were 

 sent to 6. A. Derby, chief of the Geological Service of Brazil 

 at Rio de Janeiro. " Mr. Derby wrote me about the matter, and 



