Part 3

FLORA OF THE EOCENE EPOCH 90

FLORA OF THE MIOCENE EPOCH 92

FLORA OF THE PLIOCENE EPOCH 98

GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 101

RECAPITULATION 103

WORKS ON FOSSIL BOTANY 105

EXPLANATION OF PLATES 111

INDEX 113

LIST OF WOODCUTS.

FIG. PAGE

1. Section of Peuce Withami, Lindley and Hutton 3

2. Bark of Araucaria 5

3. Markings on Araucaria bark 6

4. " " 7

5. " " 7

6. Leaf of Araucaria 7

7. Nicolia Owenii (Carr.) 11

8. Bryson's instrument for slitting Fossils 14

9. Tree-fern 27

10. Asplenium 28

11 a. Bifurcating Trunk of a Tree-fern (Alsophila Perrottetiana) 29

11 b. Rhizome of Lastrea Filix-mas 29

12. Transverse section of stem of a Tree-fern (Cyathea) 29

13. Scalariform vessels from Tree-fern 30

14. Sporangia of a Fern 30

15. Lycopodium clavatum 30

16. Spore-case, containing Microspores of Lycopodium 30

17. " " Macrospores of Selaginella 30