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flora of Europe, and for a time covered the surface of that country 
with American plants, magnolia, liquid — sassafras, liriodendron, 
etc., etc. 
Third,— That at a subsequent period, the connection between the 
two continents was severed by a depression of North-west Europe, and 
the American flora was nearly exterminated by the present flora of 
Europe, which is mostly of Asiatic origin. 
Fourth, — The present flora of China and Japan, as Professor Gray 
living only there; and several American Miocene and living species 
(Onoclea sensibilis, etc.) now form part of the flora of Japan. These 
plants are — bly the descendants of American Miocene emigrants. 
Dr. Newberry also exhibited = of a number of fossil fishes 
and reptiles from the coal-measures of Ohio. genes fishes represented 
the genera Diplodus, Pleuracanthus, oe . Paleoniscus, Cœ- 
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name, as these reptiles had an elongated snake-like form, with insig- 
nificant = something similar to our living Cecilia, but being 
doubtless an amphibian. The associated reptiles were also probably 
ev leg aquatic in habit, and to be compared with Menopoma and 
enobranchus. 
The president, Professor C. s Joy, read a report upon recent chem- 
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- Bailey exhibited a sat te frog from the brown coal of the Rhine. 
It resembles closely some of the living species, and the iste was 
discussed whether live toads were ever actually found imbedded in the 
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live toad having been found in the solid rock. All such stories were 
myths, and no scientific man gave any credence to them. 
