168. BOTANY. 
sented by many species, among which Podozamites Hoheneggeri is 
notable, as likewise occurring in the Wernsdorf beds of the North- 
_ ern Carpathians. Monocotyledons are rare, and only exist as 
fragments in the collection, while the Dicotyledons also are only 
represented by a few fragments of leaves, most probably belonging 
to Populus. Such a flora, with a preponderance of Conifere, 
Cycadee, and Filices, and Gleichenia, Marattiacece, Dictophyllum, 
and Cycadee in abundance, must be counted a subtropical one. 
To judge frém the presence of Podozamites Hoheneggeri, and Eoli- 
rion primigenium, the deposit probably represents the Wernsdorf 
beds belonging to the Urgonien. This flora has a different climatic 
character from the Miocene flora of Greenland, in which respect 
it agrees with the Lower Cretaceous flora of Central Germany. 
Similar black shales have also been found at the south side of the 
Noursoak peninsula, near Atane, and at about éight hundred feet 
below the well-known Miocene bed. Here also the shales contain 
plants belonging to a higher horizon of the Cretaceous series. 
There are forty-five species known; among them being Filices, 
Cycadee, Coniferce, Monocotyledones, and Dicotyledones. Conifere 
are again numerous, but Ferns are rare. Of Monocotyledones 
only a Bambusium and two other species are known. The differ- 
. ence between the Atane beds and those of Kome chiefly consists 
in the great preponderance of Dicotyledones in the latter, which, 
as in the Upper Cretaceous of Germany, are presented by great 
variety of types. A point of great interest is the discovery in 
these beds of a beautiful species of fig tree with leaves and fruit 
attached. In Central Europe Dicotyledones make their first appear- 
ance in the Cenomanien, and are very abundant in the Senonien 
near ie It is curious that both in Greenland and in 
tral Europe the Dicotyledones display a great variety of types 
in ik Upper Cretaceous series, but are nearly wanting in the’ 
- Lower Cretaceous. It seems to point to a great change having 
taken place in the flora between our latitude and 71° N. after the 
deposition of the Gault. (‘‘ Zeitsthrift der deutschen geologischen 
Gesellschaft,” part i, 155.)— The Academy. 
Curtrvarep Wuerart 1x a Boxe Cave.— “ The Bulletin de Acad. 
oe royale des Sciences de Belgique,” No. 7, contains a note by 
; . Dewalque announcing the discovery of wheat in a bone-cave 
in amur. An exploration of this cave, which is near Jemelle, 
