New South Wales. 
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in part derived from the decomposed fclspathic matter of the 
porphyry. In various parts of Maueero there are lignite-like local 
thin deposits, but on analysis they have proved valueless. 
By far the most interesting discovery that has been made in 
relation to the plant-beds was realized in the basaltic district of 
The Forest between Orange and Carcoar. 
In the vicinity of the latter place are deposits- of calcareous 
rock of the age of the Wellington Cave osseous breccia, also con¬ 
taining fragments of bone. I believe some specimens have been 
sent to Europe. 
But these have not the same interest attached to them as 
the plant remains have. 
The description of several new genera and species of these has 
been given in “Observations on New Vegetable Fossils of the Auri¬ 
ferous Driftsr by Baron E. Yon Mueller, C.M.G., M.D., Ph.D., 
E.R.S., and EX, Government Botanist, &c.; published by the 
“Mining Department” of Victoria, 1871. These have been dis¬ 
covered not only in The Forest, but also in Victoria, at I [addon, 
Nintingbool, Tanjil, and at Beech worth. They seem to belong to 
the later Pliocene formation, and to consist of plants allied to 
the present forest-belt of Eastern Australia. An abstract of the 
first account of them was read before the Geological Society on 
22nd dune, 1870, and afterwards copied from the Quarterly 
Journal (vol. xxvii) into the “ Geological Magazine 1870, 
p. 300. 
They consist of the following species, viz.:— 
Spondylostrobus 
Phymatocaryou 
Trematocaryon 
Ithytidotheca 
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Plesiocapparis 
Celypbina ... 
Odon toeary on 
Conchotlieca 
Penteune ... 
SmytJi ii 
Mack ay i 
antfulare 
3F Lellani 
Lynchii 
pleioclinis 
prisca 
JMCoyi 
Macyreyorii 
ro l uncial a 
turyida 
Glarlcei 
brachyclinis 
trachyclinis 
pluriovulata 
Sullivani 
Wilkinson ii 
Dieune 
Platycoila ... 
Ithytidocaryon 
and, probably, some others. 
This last species was discovered somewhere near Carcoar, in 
one of the gold-leads, in the beginning of March, 1875, oil the 
10th of which month I had the good fortune to rc-discovcr it in 
