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The fossil cannot at present he referred to any existing genus ; hut 
from the habit of the described inflorescence, it belongs undoubtedly to the 
Monocotyledones. It was sent to the British Museum for examination by 
Professor Liversidge,* in honour of whom I have named it. 
Locality and Horizon. — Wallerawang, New South Wales; shale of 
Upper Devonian or Lower Carboniferous age. 
Collection. — The University, Sydney. 
MCOTYLEDONES. 
Apetalae. 
MY RICA CEyE. 
Myrica Eyrei, sp. nov. 
Plate I, Fig. 12. 
Johnston, Notes, etc.,f Papers and Pro. R. Soc. Tasmania, for 1881 [6th Plate], Fig. 5. 
Sp. Char. — M. foliis petiolatis coriaceis, oblongis, basi acutis, apicc 
obtusiusculis, margine integerrimis; nervatione camptodroma; nervo primario 
valido, excurrcnte; nervis secundariis simplicibus vel ramosis, angulo subrecto 
exeuntibus. 
Ohs. — This leaf agrees very well with similar fossil Myrica leaves, with 
entire margin and coriacious texture, to M. dcpertita, M. salicina, and M. 
integri folia, Ung., of the European Tertiary Elora, and the M. lingulata . 
Ileer, from the Tertiary Elora of Greenland, although its identity with either 
one or the other is impossible. In the North American flora these species 
are represented by Myrica Bolandri, whose leaves arc coriaceous, entire, and 
dentate only at the apex. 
* [Or, rather, formed part of a general collection sent by Professor Liversidge to the undersigned for 
determination. The beds from which this fossil was obtained are of Upper Carboniferous age. It was placed, 
unfortunately by an oversight, with other Tertiary specimens, and hence Baron Ettingshausen was misled. — 
R.E., jnr.] 
t [Notes showing that the estuary of the Derwent was occupied by a freshwater lake during the Tertiary 
Period. Loc. cit., pp. 7-21, 11 plates (not numbered). R.E., jnr.] 
