TIUASSTC KLOKA OF BALD HIBL. 
Since tliese references to a Triassic flora were made, 1 aemoptens 
Sweeti has been discovered, and the present writer has reviewed this 
and other forms of the flora in later papers, notes on winch are made 
in the next section, on the literature. 
Ouite lately other fossils have been collected by Mr. F. A 
Simdeton, uA, and myself. These, together with the ori^nal 
exainples collected by Mr. Ferguson in 18^1 many of which ^lav" 
never been referred to, seem to fairly establish the claims of this 
interesting bed as a re|)resentative of the Triassic system m 
Victoria. i • • 
The classic section in which these plant remains are found is in 
a trench in the (’oiincil Paddock at Bald Hill ; and it may be useful 
for future collectors to refer to the a])])ended notes, which were made 
by Mr. Singleton and myself, of the exposed beds. It may be 
remarked that Messrs. Officer and Balfour gave details only slightly 
differing from those now furnished, in their jiaper on the Bacchus 
Marsh glacial beds.^ 
(Ienerali/ed Section seen in the 
Paddock, Bald Hill, .Pcly, 
(Mapman).^ 
Trench at the Cocnctl 
1919. (Singleton and 
Bed. 
8. Sandy shale . - ■ • • • _ _ • • 
7. Pebbly conglomerate, grits and chert, with ferru- 
ginous cement (circ.) 
6. Plant remains in fine siliceous sandy shale ^ _. . 
.0. Friable, curient-bedded sandy shales with seiicite 
4^ Shaley siliceous mudstone wdth ])lant remains . . 
3. ( ’urrent-bedded sandy shales . . 
2. Parting, with pebbles 
1. Current-bedded sandy shale (circ.) 
ft. 
9 
1 
0 
0 
0 
4 
0 
10 
in. 
0 
6 
5 
8 
6 
0 
1 
0 
Base of trench. 
ir PREVIOUS REFERENCES TO THE 
BALD HILL. 
LATER FLORA 
OF 
Ferguson, W. H., 1891.'- -This was the first notice by the 
discoverer, Mr. Ferguson of the Ceological tSiirvey of Victoria, 
of the higher horizon wdth plants, at Bald Hill. The desciiption 
runs as follows : “ At the Bald Hill a shallow^ cpiarry has been 
excavated aiong the crest of a ridge for about 150 yards ; a bed of 
very fine-grained siliceous sandstone outcrops here, and in it are 
numerous fossils new' to the Bacchus Marsh Sandstones. They 
are c[uite distinct from the fossil fern, (janfimnofteris, which up^to 
tdie present wais the only fossil jilant found in the for mation. I he 
'1 Furthl'^somaraphic noi.mients on this section will be nnulc in u purer to l,c publushcd by Mr. 
r. A. singleton, who will deal with the relationsliips of tlie liods nt this loealitr. 
') Ferguson. W. H., 1891. |*p. 31-32. 
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