On the Fossil Flora of the Pembrokeshire Portion of the South Wales Coalfield

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T his paper records the results of a study of the fossil plants which I have collected from the Pembrokeshire Coalfield during the last two years; of these the best specimens are now in the Sedgwick Museum, Cambridge. I have confined my attention principally to the excellent coast-sections between Tenby and Ragwen Point, where the coalfield is eaten into by the sea along Carmarthen Bay; and those on the eastern side of St. Bride's Bay, from Talbenny on the south to Newgale on the north. I have also collected from various colliery-‘tips’ between Nolton and Newgale, and have worked much of the sections where the Eastern Cleddau, the Western Cleddau, and the Daucleddau eat into the coalfield south-east of Haverfordwest. These river-sections proved, however, to be very disappointing, with the exception of that in the neighbourhood of Picton Point, and in one or two other localities. I wish here to record my indebtedness to Dr. E. A. Newell Arber, without whose aid this work would not have been undertaken. It was at his suggestion that I first proceeded to Pembrokeshire, with the view of studying the fossil flora of this portion of the South Wales Coalfield. He has supervised the identification of the plants, particularly affording me much help in the determination of difficult species, and has given me his advice throughout, for which I return my sincere thanks. I also gratefully acknowledge the help which I have received from various officers of H.M. Geological Survey, who have freely given me

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