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siderable variety of small seeds, husks of Hicoria, and the cone 

 scales and needles of Pinus, which it has seemed best not to deter- 

 mine positively at the present time. Remains of the cypress 

 (Taxodium) and the gum (Nyssa) which are usually present in 

 deposits of this age have not been detected. 



Carpinus caroUniana Walt., Fl. Car., p. 236, 1788. 

 PI. l,Figs. 8, 9. 



Berry, Journ. GeoL, vol. 15, p. 340, 1907. 



A species of low rich woods which ranges from Canada to Florida 

 and Texas and is common throughout Alabama. The fossil 

 leaves are present in both the peat and the overlying clays. Re- 

 cently recorded by the writer from the Pleistocene of North 

 Carolina. 



Betula nigra Linn^, Sp. PL, p. 982, 1753. 

 PI. 2, Figs. 2-4. 



Knowlton, Amcr. GeoL, vol. 18, p. 371, 1896. 



Berry, Journ. GeoL, vol. 15, p. 341, 1907. 

 A species which in the modern flora ranges from New England 

 to Texas and which is common throughout Alabama, especially 

 along the stream banks. Several leaves occur in both the peat and 

 the clays and a small fragment of the characteristic bark was also 

 detected in the peat. This species has been previously recorded 

 from the Pleistocene of North Carolina and West Virginia. 



Fagus americana Sweet, Ilorf. Brit., p. 370, 1826. 



Fagiis ferruginea Michx., I.esquereux, Amer. Journ. Sci., vol. 

 27, p. 363, 1859; GeoL of Tenn., p. 427, pi. 7 (K), fig. 11, 1869. 



