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Notes on Palæozoic Botany, extracted from Dana's Manual of Geology (Revised Edition). New York, 1874.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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page 177 note 1 For previous notice see Geol. Mag., 1875, p. 44.

page 177 note 2 Geol. Mag. 1869, Vol. VI. p. 393, Pl. 11, 12, and 13.Google Scholar

page 177 note 3 Op. cit. Vol. VI. p. 534, Pl. 20.Google Scholar

page 178 note 1 “Some of the fossils, formerly regarded as indications of plants, are now believed to be worm-tracks or borings. But others show by their branching forms that they are true Fucoids.” Dana's Manual of Geology, Revised Edition, 1874, p. 169.

page 178 note 2 Monthly Microscopical Journ. vol. viii. 10 1872, pp. 160172, pl. 31 and 32Google Scholar. See also Geol. Mag. 1873, Vol. X. p. 462, “Review of Fossil Botany.”Google Scholar

page 180 note 1 We cannot agree with Prof. Dana in speaking of Welwitschia as a Conifer. The order Gnetaceœ, to which it belongs, being separated by well-marked characters from the Coniferœ.

page 181 note 1 We are also requested to make the following corrections:

On page 3, 8 lines from top, for l–200,000th read 1–1200,000th.

On p. 129, 14 lines from top, for Petremitids read Pentremitids.

On p. 344, on Map, for 9 read 8, and for 8 read 9.