. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Rhcbtic For am inifera from Somerset. 307 but the latter are not so clearly defined in outline as those of bed no. 5, and they are more fragmentary. (Tiiis sample appears to agree in part with no. 5 of Mr. Sanford's section.) Bed no. 4.—A pale brown friable sandstone, coarsely laminated. It contains some clay, whicli is apparent on crushing the rock under water. The residuum, after washing, consists of brown and white sand-grains. The coarser brown particles, when mounted in b


. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Natural history; Zoology; Botany; Geology. Rhcbtic For am inifera from Somerset. 307 but the latter are not so clearly defined in outline as those of bed no. 5, and they are more fragmentary. (Tiiis sample appears to agree in part with no. 5 of Mr. Sanford's section.) Bed no. 4.—A pale brown friable sandstone, coarsely laminated. It contains some clay, whicli is apparent on crushing the rock under water. The residuum, after washing, consists of brown and white sand-grains. The coarser brown particles, when mounted in balsam and viewed under a tolerably liigh power, arc seen to be in many cases more or less perfect examples of obscure arenaceous Foramiiiifera belonging to the genus Ilajtlophraqmiuni. A single speci- men of Stackeia was also met with. Tlie white sand is much finer and consists of siiarp angular quartz-grains. Bed no. 5.—A blue sandy clay, with ochreous and ferru- ginous layers, which consist almost entirely of the remains of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd


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