PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
GEOLOGICAL & POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 
0f fyt Wit^t-mninq of Horftsijfre, 
AT THE THIRTY-EIGHTH MEETING, HELD IN THE MUSIC SALOON, 
WAKEFIELD, ON THURSDAY, MARCH 8TH, 1849. 
The Rev. Theophilus Barnes, M,A., Rector of Castle- 
ford, Vice-President, in the Chair. 
The Chairman having briefly addressed the meeting 
upon the subjects about to be brought before them, proposed 
that 
W. W. Hewitson, Esq., of Leeds, and 
William Hastings, Esq., of Huddersfield, 
should be elected Members of the Society. 
The first Paper upon the list for this meeting was — 
ON THE FOSSIL FLORA OF THE CARBONIFEROUS EPOCH, 
WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE YORKSHIRE 
COAL FIELD. BY MR. HENRY DENNY, A.L.S. 
On a former occasion I had the honour of submitting- to 
this Society a paper " On the Fossil Animal Exuviae of the 
Yorkshire Coal Field." It is now my intention, in like 
manner, to attempt a synopsis of the Fossil Flora of the 
same locality, derived principally from the specimens deposited 
in the valuable collections of Coal plants belonging to this 
Society, and that of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary 
Society. In turning my attention to this inquiry, however, 
I have been led to take a glance at the Carboniferous Flora 
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