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primary ones being cylindrical, their leaves lanceolate close to one another in 
spiral order ; the secondary ones being four-edged and their leaves rhomboidal- 
ovate, imbricate and set in four rows. Thus this remarkable plant combines 
the facies of Glyptostrobus with that of Thuites Mengeanus, a Cupressinea 
from the Amber. Most remarkable is the appearance of Pseudopinus, a 
representative genus of Finns, which, perhaps, might be even a subgenus of 
Finns. Cones, seeds, leafed branchlets, racliis of branchlets, and single leaves 
have been found at Vegetable Creek. The cones are smaller than those of any 
living Finns. The size and form of the leaves, as well as their arrangement, 
and the shape of the branchlets remind us of Finns cancidenis. Besides 
Phyllocladus, two separate genera bearing phyllodes also occur at Vegetable 
Creek, Palccocladns, the primary branches of which are also pliyllodineous, 
and Ginkgocladus, a genus common also to the Eossil Elora of New Zealand, 
and combining the facies of Phyllocladus with that of Ginkgo. A species of 
Sassafras lias affinity to Cretaceous species as well as to an Eocene one of the 
European Tertiary Elora, and refers to an early state of the Tertiary Elora to 
which ours belongs. The same fact may be also admitted respecting some 
species of Aralia. Examples indicating the attachment of our flora to that 
of the Cretaceous Period appear, however, to be only isolated when we take 
into consideration its numerous analogies to real Tertiary plants. 
Diemenici a peculiar genus of Laurinese, uniting the facies of Cinna- 
momum with that of other Laurinese ( Laurns , FerseaJ, occurs at Elsmorc, 
where two species have been collected. Besides Protcaceac showing their 
Australian type, the appearance of Fhopala, a genus of tropical America, is 
remarkable. It is represented in the beds of Vegetable Creek by two species. 
Not less worthy of note is the appearance of Banlcsici types, exhibiting leaves 
which are acuminate at their apex, and thus are closely allied to the Bank sice 
of the European Tertiary Elora. Two species of Boronia, an Australian genus, 
have been found, one of which unites distinctly the characters of two living 
species. Boubtless the latter have been differentiated from their ancestor 
just mentioned. A calyx, in some degree corresponding to those of Getonia 
of the European Tertiary Elora, possesses a special interest. 
It may be worthy of notice that Fagns, distributed over both hemi- 
spheres, is represented at Vegetable Creek not only by types of the Southern, 
but also by one of the Northern Hemisphere. Whilst the former, belonging 
to the section Notofagus, exhibit coriaceous and persistent leaves, the latter 
closely corresponds to Fagns ferrnginea , a species of the section Fnfagns, 
