1878.] 



Phyto-Palceontological Investigations. 



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In addition may be mentioned forms of Chry sodium and Lygodiwm. 

 The appearance of the genus Gleichenia reminds us of the fern Flora of 

 the Cretaceous period, while some species of Pteris and Phegopteris are 

 related to species of the Miocene Flora. One fern, Asplenites alluso- 

 roides Ung, as yet only known in the Fossil Flora of Sotzka, has also 

 here found its predecessor. 



The species of the Eocene Flora of Great Britain are enumerated as 

 follows : — 



Filices of the Eocene Flora of Great Britain. 



Names of Species. 



Localities. 



Formation. 



Oed. Polypodiace.33. 







d. j^LcvosticlictcBCB. 







Chrysodium Lanzseanum. Vis sp. . . 

 b. Polypodiece. 



Studland, Bourne- 

 mouth. 



Lower and Mid- 

 dle Eocene. 



Podoloma polypodioides. Ett. et Gard. . 



„ affine. JEtt. et Gard. 

 Grlossochlamys transmutans. JEtt. et 

 Gard. 



Poly podium sp., near to P. 



„ lepidotum. Willd. 



Bournemouth 



»> • • 



Middle Eocene. 



55 55 

 55 55 

 5 5 5 5 



c. JPteridece. 







Adiantum Carruthersii. JEtt. et Gard. . 

 Pteris eocenica. Ett. et Gard. . 



„ Bournemouthiana. Ett. et Gard. . 



„ pseudo-pennaeformis. Lesq. 



» • • 

 a • • 

 jj • • 

 Counter Hill 



35 55 

 5 5 55 

 5 5 55 



Lower Eocene. 



d. Aspleniacea. 







Asplenites prse-allusoroides. Ett. et 

 Gard. 



Bournemouth 



Middle Eocene. 



e. Aspidiacea. 







Menyphyllum elegans. Ett. et Gard* . 

 Phegopteris prae-cuspidata. Ett. et 

 Gard 



Phegopteris Bunburii. Heer .. 

 Oed. G-leicheniace^:. 



Bovey Tracey 

 Bournemouth 



JJ JJ 



JJ J» 

 55 33 

 JJ JJ 



Gleichenia hantonensis. WanTclyn sp. . 



Bournemouth 



33 3> 



Oed. Schiz.eace.2e. 







Lygodium Kaulf ussi. Seer 



JJ • • 



JJ JJ 



Oed. Osmendaceje. 







Osmunda subcretacea. Saporta 

 „ lignitum. Gieb. sp. . 



35 • • 



Bovey Tracey 

 Bournemouth 



33 55 

 55 35 



