On some small Seed-Vessels ( Folliculites Minutulus , Bronn) from the Bovey Tracey Coal

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T he remarkable fruit which forms the chief subject of the present communication was first brought under my notice by my lamented friend the late Prof. E. Forbes, who pointed out to me specimens of it in the Museum of the Geological Survey, and entrusted me with a couple for examination. Shortly after having made a complete analysis of these, a very fine series of Bovey Tracey peats and lignites was sent to the Museum of the Royal Gardens of Kew, by Dr. Croker, amongst which were numerous specimens of the same fossil in an excellent state of preservation. An examination of several of these has enabled me to add a little to the analysis which I had previously made, and has confirmed it in all essential points. As was the case with Carpolithes ovulum , there are no fossil vegetable remains accompanying the Folliculites that suggest any clue to its botanical affinity. The mass of the lignite appears to be formed of coniferous wood, some in the state of charcoal, and the remainder more or less highly bituminized. From Dr. Croker's description and accompanying sections † the main body of the formation seems to consist of 1. A bed of peat containing trunks of trees not now found in the immediate neighbourhood, but which appear to me to agree in microscopical character with the common Maple ( Acer campestre ). These are quite fresh and white, and lie in immediate contact with the surface of the uppermost bed of lignite. 2. The upper

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