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Carrutliers stated that he had examined the vegetable remains brought over 
by the author, which were of great importance. Some of those from the 
Devonian rocks appeared to be identical with species found in North 
America. From the remains of one of these, which he could not separate 
from one described by Dr. Dawson, Leptophlcema rhombicum, he had been 
able to reconstruct it in its entirety, of which he exhibited a drawing. The 
plant was lycopodiaceous, and its remains served to show that erroneous 
conclusions had been drawn as to the characters presented by the North 
American specimens, which had been regarded as having a Stern bergia -pith . 
There were specimens also of Cyclostigma, of the stipes of ferns, and of a 
doubtful calamite. With regard to the supposed Glossopteris - and Tceni- 
opteris-e pochs, which by some had been regarded the one as Palaeozoic and 
the other as Mesozoic, he was not convinced that they could be distinctly 
separated, but thought rather that they might both belong to different por- 
tions of one great period. Systematically the two forms might be very 
closely related, the venation of the fronds on which the genera are founded 
occurring in two forms, which by Linnaeus had been included in one genus, 
Acrostichum. He thought that neither was of a date earlier than Permian. 
Death of Dr. Auguste Krantz. — We regret to announce the death of this 
distinguished collector of rocks, fossils, and minerals, which took place at 
Berlin on the 6th of April last. The “ Geological Magazine” says of him that 
he represents one of the longest established and most able members of that 
rare class, a scientific merchant in rocks, fossils, and minerals — one, who not 
only knew accurately the commercial value of his collections, but was in- 
timately acquainted with the scientific worth of every specimen which 
passed through his hands. Indeed, there are few museums which have not 
been enriched from his cosmopolitan repository. He leaves an immense and 
valuable collection both of minerals and fossils, the result of the labours of a 
longlife devoted to these pursuits. Dr. Krantz was in his sixty-second year. 
We believe it is the intention of Madame Krantz to carry on her husband’s 
business, with which she is well acquainted. 
Amount of Coal in Austria and Hungary . — A very valuable and trust- 
worthy report is that of Herr F. Foeterle, which has been recently published. 
It is accompanied by a large map, a glance at which will convince every one 
of the scanty distribution of coal over the enormous surface of the Austro- 
Hungarian dominions, and that most of it belongs to the western and the 
central districts, a. True Coal-measures Coal is found in Bohemia, in 
Moravia, and Austrian Silesia, in the Alps and in the Hungarian dominions. 
b. Trias and Lias Coal in the Alps, in Hungary and in the Banat. c. Cre- 
taceous Coal in Moravia, in the Alps, and in Hungary, d. Eocene Coal 
(sometimes still showing the structure of the wood, then called Lignite, but 
generally a good black coal, which, when burnt, cakes, and is excellent for 
gas manufacture) is chiefly found in the Alps , where it is embedded in 
Cosina beds, below the Nummulite Limestone ; Carpano near Albona, the 
large coal-basin of the Marburg district, Sotzka, Eibiswald. The coal of 
Haring, in Tyrol, belongs to a higher horizon of the Eocene, as does also the 
coal of Monte Promina and of Scbenico in Dalmatia. The coal of Gran, in 
Hungary, is also of Eocene age. e. Neogene Coal forms large basins in 
Moravia, Bohemia, Galicia, Bucovina, and in the north and south zones of 
