A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology." . ale, from Yorkshire. {Sphenopteris trifoliata, of Jrtis.) Fig. 3. Another species of star-leaf plant {Annularia bremfolia), from the coal of Silesia. Fig. 4. A dicotyledonous leaf in sandstone, in a beautiful state of preservation; from thetertiary strata of CEningen. Fig. 5. A frond of a remarkable species of extinct fern {Cyclopteris orbicularis, of Brongniart);from the coal of Shropshire. Fig. 6. An elegant fern {Pec
A pictorial atlas of fossil remains, consisting of coloured illustrations selected from Parkinson's "Organic remains of a former world," and Artis's "Antediluvian phytology." . ale, from Yorkshire. {Sphenopteris trifoliata, of Jrtis.) Fig. 3. Another species of star-leaf plant {Annularia bremfolia), from the coal of Silesia. Fig. 4. A dicotyledonous leaf in sandstone, in a beautiful state of preservation; from thetertiary strata of CEningen. Fig. 5. A frond of a remarkable species of extinct fern {Cyclopteris orbicularis, of Brongniart);from the coal of Shropshire. Fig. 6. An elegant fern {Pecopteris), from coal shale; Newcastle. Fig. 7. A delicate plant {Sphenophylhim erosum, vel dentatum, of Sternberg), with wedge-shapedpinnules, from the coal formation. Fig. 8. Portion of a stem, flattened by compression, of a species of Sigillaria {Sigillaria tesselata,of Brongniart). From the coal of Yorkshire. Fig. 9. Fern {Pecopteris oreopteridis, of Brongniart); from the coal of South Wales. Figs. 10, & 11. Two specimens o? Asterophyllites in ironstone nodules, from Coalbrook white appearance is occasioned by a deposition of hydrate of alumina. ?lli!l^. ^???^
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