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Xotes and Coinnieuts. 



FOSSIL PLANTS IN SOUTH LANCASHIRE. 

 In continuation of his work amongst the veg'etation of the 

 Carboniferous Period, Mr. E. A. Newell Arber has a valuable 

 paper on the Fossil Plants from the Ardwick Series of Man- 

 chester, in the ' Memoirs of the Manchester Literary and Philo- 

 sophical Society,' just issued. As the Manchester Coalfield is 



Fig. I. 



now nearly exhausted, it is not expected that many more fossil 

 plants will be obtained. Mr. Arber has carefully examined the 

 examples in the Museums at Owens College, Jermyn Street, and 

 Cambridge, and has given an up-to-date description of them. 



Fig. 2. 



Much valuable information in reference to early \egetation has 

 been obtained since the specimens collected by Binney, Salter, 

 and Williamson were originally described. Some interesting 

 illustrations accompany Mr. Arber's notes, two of which we are 

 able to reproduce by the kindness of the Manchester Society. 



Naturalist, 



