ON THE PLANT REMAINS IN THE SCOTTISH PEAT MOSSES. 707 
alternate with beds of peat. These will be described later. Sections cut through the 
deep surface peat showed the following sequence of layers with plant remains. Layers 
6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are shown in fig. 10. 
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2. Peat containing much Hmophorum vaginatum and Polytrichum, 
3. 
Peat containing Calluna stems, with traces of shrubby birch. 
Upper forest of Betula alba, L. ; 
Menyanthes trifoliata, L. ;  Epitbia ee i ve 6.) 
. Sphagnum peat, . 
. A zone formed mainly of the stems of eiipoetreim ngrum, L., 
with Lowseleuria procumbens, Desv., 
This layer is characterised by a thin ead of Roplioram 
above and below. 
. Sphagnum peat. Traces of Calluna, : 
. Lower forest of Betula alba, L.; Menyanthes tirfoliata, L. ; 
Potentilla Comarum, Nestl., 
. Mossy layer, 
. Brown sandy peat, 
Containing Ranunculus one ike Vola Spas Epobien 
palustre, L.—very abundant ; Men ianthes trifoliata, L. ; 
Ajuga reptans, L.; Alnus glutinosa, Gaertn. ; Corylus 
_Avellana, L.; Salhix purpurea, L.; Fragments of 
coniferous wood, water bourne; Potumogeton, sp. ; 
Equisetum, sp.; Hypnuim cordifolium, Hedw.; Tor- 
tula angustata, Wils. 
10. Light gray fine sand, 
ie 
Moraine material. 
Deets 
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10 in. 
Other sections proved that these layers are continuous through the peat at this place. 
Comparison of these beds with those found in the Merrick-Kells mosses will be made later. 
Mention has already been made of the clay beds interstratified with peat layers: 
The banks of some of the lateral burns draining into Garley Burn were cut back, and 
the following strata exposed (fig. 8) :— 
. Vegetable soil, 
. Sandy clay, 
. Peat containing birch, 
. Peaty clay. 
. Peat containing birch. 
. Peaty clay. 
. Fibrous peat containing Betula alba, L.; Menyanthes tri- 
foliata, L. ; Epilobium angustifolium, L.; Sphagnum, sp. ; 
Hypnum, sp.; Alnus glutinosa, Gaertn.; Vaccinium 
Myrtillus, L.; Equisetum, sp. 
TRANS. ROY. SOC. EDIN., VOL. XLI. PART III. (NO. 28). 
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