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Baron Ettingshauseii. 



[Nov. 27, 



The species of Syxnplocos is common to Sheppey and Sagor. In 

 these two localities the putamen of this species Yv^ere fonnd. In cor- 

 responding abundance are represented the Dialypetalas. They are 

 specially characteristic of the Eocene Flora in general, and of the 

 Sheppey Flora in particular. To the first belong Magnolia eocenica, 

 Eugenia eocenica, Sapindus eocenicus, Metrosideros micro carpa, and 

 Banhinia primigenia, whose leaves or fruits are to be found associated 

 together in Bournemouth. To the last belong the genera Menisperm- 

 acites, Victoria, Thlaspidium, Corchorites, Theobroma, Lawsonia ; 

 the species Illicium Apollinis, Nelumbium microcarpum, Cucumites 

 Sheppyensis, Cotoneaster Sheppyensis, Prunus prisca and Druidum, 

 Amygdalus eocenica, and Sporadum, Podogonium Sheppyense, &c. 

 Belonging also to other Eocene Floras and to the Miocene Flora we 

 have here only the Dialypetalous plants, Nelumbium Buchii, and Euca- 

 lyptus oceanica. 



Amongst the fruits and seeds of Sheppey we find also some species 

 of herbaceous or tender plants whose leaves would not be preserved 

 in the Tertiary strata. To these belong the seeds of Solanites elegans, 

 Menispermites abutoides, Cucumites Sheppyensis, the fruits of Thlaspi- 

 dium ovatum, and of the Corchorites species. 



In conclusion I desire to express my thanks to the Royal Society 

 for the important assistance it has rendered me by the grants 

 from its funds by which I have been enabled to prosecute my investi- 

 gations in England ; and for personal assistance in this work I desire 

 to record my indebtedness to Sir Joseph Hooker, Dr. Henry Wood- 

 ward, Dr. William Carruthers, and Mr. John Starkie Gardner. 



The descriptions and illustrations of the species, here enumerated, 

 will appear in the Monograph now in course of publication by the 

 Palasonto graphical Society. 



Genera and Species of the Fossil Fruits and Seeds of Sheppey. 



Thallophtta. 

 Sphaeria Flabellariae. JOtt. and Gard. 



GtYMNOSPEEMjE. 



Ctipressinece. 



Callitris curta. Bowerb. sp. Solenostrobus semiplotus. Bowerb. sp. 



(Syn. Cupressinites. c. Bowerb.) (Syn. Cupressinites. s. Bowerb.) 



Callitris comptoni. Boioerb. sp. Hybotliya crassa. Bowerb. sp. 



(Syn. Cupressinites. c. Bowerb.) (Syn. Cupressinites. c. Bowerb.) 



Solenostrobus subangulatus. Bowerb. sp. Cupressinites globosus. Bowerb. 



(Syn. Cupressinites. s. Boioerb.) „ elongatus. „ 



Solenostrobus corrugatus. Boioerb. sp. recurvatus „ 



(Syn. Cupressinites. c. Boioerb.) ,, subfusiformis. „ 



Solenostrobus sulcatns. Boioerb. sp. 



(Syn. Capressinites. s. Boioerb.) 



