PALMS IN TERTIARY EORMATIOJSS. 
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^loticed ; and the more frequent occurrence of 
similar remains of this interesting family, in the 
"lertiary formations of France, Switzerland, and 
Species, related to Acer negundo, Mr. Brai'u gives the name of 
Acer trifoliatum. A fossil species of Liquidambar (L. europeum, 
“faun.) differs from the living Liquidambar styracifluuni of Ame- 
''ca, in having the narrower lobes of its leaf terminated by longer 
Points, and was the former representative of this genus in Eu- 
nipe. The fruit of this Liquidambar is preserved, and also that 
of two species of Acer and one Salix. 
the fossil Linden Tree of QSningen resembled our modern large 
haved Linden tree (Tilia grandiflora.) 
The fossil Elm resembled a small leaved form of Ulmus cam- 
Pestris. 
Of two species of Juglans, one (J. falcifolia) maybe compared 
)'''th the American J. nigra; the other, with J. Alba, and, like 
'L probably belonged to the division of nuts with bursting ex- 
'•^uial shells, (Cary a Nuttal.) 
Among the scarcer plants at CEningen, is a species of Dios- 
Pytos (D. brachysepala.) A remarkable calyx of this plant i.s 
P^'eserved and shewil in its centre, the place where the fruit se- 
Ps^tated itself ; it is distinguished from the living Diospyros lotus 
fhe South of Europe by blunter and shorter sections. 
Among the fossil shrubs are two species of Rharanus ; one of 
*-^ese (R. multincrvis, Braun) resembles the R. alpinus, in the 
^^station of its leaf. The second and most frequent species, (R. 
^'^•'minalis, Braun) may with regard to the position and costatioii 
its leaves, be compared in some degree with R. catharticus, 
tit differed from all living species in having its flowers placed 
the tips of the plant. 
Among the fossil Leguminous plants is a leaf more like that of 
^ ^utieose Cytisus than of any herbaceous Trefoil. 
a Glcditschia, (G. podocarpa, Braun) there are fossil pin- 
"ttted leaves and many pods ; the latter seem, like the G. monas- 
P®tma of North America, to have been single seeded, and are 
’tt^iall and short, with a long stalk contracting the base of the pod. 
^'^'th these numerousspeoiesoffoliaceous woods, are found also 
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