§r. 



ORGANIC REMAINS OF THE TRIAS. 



547 



of arborescent ferns, of great beauty, are met with ; and 

 a few trunks of trees, apparently coniferse, have been dis- 

 covered in the Red sandstone, near Coventry.* 



A very remarkable fossil has been found in the Triassic 

 sandstone, near Liverpool ; it is a leaf of considerable size, 



1 2 



Lign. 123. — Conifers of the Trias; from Sultz-les-bains. 

 Fig. 1. Voltzia longifolia. 



— 2. brevifolia; with the fructification. 



(Collected by M. Voltz.) 



bearing a striking resemblance to the foliage of some of the 

 thick-ribbed cabbages. f I will only add, that as a whole, the 

 flora of the Trias, or Upper New Red, presents a community of 



* Medals of Creation, vol. i. p. 128. 

 f Sir R. I. Murchison's " Silurian System," p. 43. 

 VOL. II. O O 



