TERTIARY PLANTS. 



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Fig. 857. 



Fig. 858. 



Figs. 853-859.— Plants of European Tertiary: 853. Chamaerops Helvetica. 854. Sabal major. 

 855. Platanus aceroides : a, Leaf; b. Core of a Cluster of Fruits; c, Single Fruit. 856. Cinnamo- 

 mum polymorphum: a, Leaf; b, Flower. 857. Acer trilobatum: a, Leaf; b. Flower; c, Seed. 

 858. Podogonium Knorrii. 859. Liquidambar Europeum, from (Eningen: a, Leaf; b, Fruit (after 

 Heer). 



Another conclusion to be drawn from the foregoing facts is that, in 

 the race of evolution, Europe seems to have distanced most other coun- 



