[INDEX.]

Abietites, [84], [85], [87].
Acacia, [90], [92].
Acanthocarpum, [72].
Acer, [92], [97].
Acerites, [87].
Acrogens of present day, [26].
Acrogens, fossil, reign of, [25], [26].
Adiantites, [41].
Æthophyllum, [79].
Alder, [94].
Alethopteris, [43], [72].
Algæ, [35].
Algæ of Cretaceous epoch, [87].
Alnites, [87], [94].
Alnus, [94], [97].
Alsophila, [29].
Amber, [90].
Amber flora, Goeppert on the, [91].
Amentiferæ, fossil, [92].
Ancestrophyllum, [48].
Andromeda, [96], [97].
Angiosperms, fossil, reign of, [25], [87].
Annularia, [61], [71].
Anomopteris, [79].
Anona, [97].
Anthodiopsis, [72].
Antholithes, [64].
Anthracite, [36].
Apocynaceæ, fossil, [92].
Araucaria, [5], [6], [7], [85], [90].
Araucarioxylon, structure of, [63].
Araucarites, [82], [83], [84], [85], [86], [87].
Arctic fossil flora (Miocene), [97].
Arctic Regions, Palæozoic flora of, [40].
Arctic Regions, fossil wood of, [95].
Arthropitys, [72].
Artisia, [64].
Asplenium, [28].
Asterophyllites, [35], [61], [71].
Bambusium, [92].
Bauhinia, [90], [92].
Beania, [82].
Bear Island, fossil flora of, [40], [59].
Beeches, [97].
Bennettiteæ, [86].
Bennettites, [85], [87].
Betula, [94], [97].
Bothrodendron, [57].
Bovey Tracey flora, [96].
Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, lignite beds of, [96].
Brachyphyllum, [80], [86], [87].
Bryson's instrument for slitting, [14].
Bucklandia, [84], [86].
Cæsalpinia, [90].
Cainozoic period, fossil plants of, [87].
Calamites, [35], [41], [53].
Calamites, foliage and fruit (woodcut), [62].
Calamites, structure of, [57].
Calamites, structure of fruit, [60].
Calamodendron, [59], [72].
Callipteris, [72].
Callitris, [90].
Camptopteris, [79], [80].
Carboniferous epoch, [36].
Carboniferous vegetation, its general character, [69].
Carbonisation, [9].
Cardiocarpum, [41], [72], [78].
Cardiocarpum, structure of, [64].
Cardiopteris, [40].
Carpinites, [87].
Carpinus, [94].
Carpolithes, [78], [83], [92], [97].
Cassia, [90].
Casts of plants, [8].
Casuarina, [90].
Caulinites, [90].
Caulopteris, [43].
Centrolobium, [90].
Chalk flora, characteristics of, [87].
Chara, [92].
Characeæ, fossil, [91].
Chondrites, [87].
Cinchonaceæ, fossil, [92].
Cinnamomum, [96].
Classes to which fossil plants belong, [2].
Climate as determined by fossil plants, [19].
Climate of the Tertiary period, [100].
Club-mosses, [26], [30].
Coal-basins, [37].
Coal, brown, structure of, [100].
Coal, Fordel, [36], [56].
Coal-formation, extent of, [38].
Coal, household, [36].
Coal-measures, flora of, [39].
Coal, parrot, [36].
Coal-plants, in situ, or drifted, [67].
Coal, structure in, [36].
Coal, Wigan cannel, [36].
Coal of Oolitic epoch, [82].
Coal of Tertiary beds, [100].
Combretaceæ, fossil, [92].
Comptonia, [92], [94].
Comptonites, [87].
Cones, fossil, of Wealden, [85].
Confervites, [87].
Coniferæ, [87].
Coniferæ, modern, [72].
Coniferæ, number of Miocene species, [97].
Coniferæ, Oolitic, [80].
Coniferæ, structure of recent, [74].
Coniferæ of brown coal deposits, [100].
Coniferæ of Miocene Arctic fossil flora, [97].
Coniferæ of Secondary strata, [85].
Coniferæ of Tertiary period, [89].
Coniferous genera of Lias, [79].
Coniferous vegetation of Upper Cretaceous period, appearance of, [89].
Copaifera, [90].
Cordaites, [35], [72].
Cornus, [97].
Corylus, [96], [97].
Cratægus, [97].
Credneria, [87].
Crematopteris, [79].
Cretaceous system, fossil plants of, [87].
Crossozamia, [86].
Cryptogamia, number of Miocene species of, [97].
Cryptomeria, [87].
Cryptomerites, [86].
Ctenis, [78], [79].
Cucumites, [90].
Cunninghamites, [87].
Cupressineæ, [89].
Cupressoxylon, [93].
Cyathea, [29].
Cyatheites, [72].
Cycadaceæ, [87].
Cycadaceæ, fossil, Carruthers' arrangement of, [86].
Cycadaceæ, modern, [72], [75].
Cycadaceæ, Oolitic, [80].
Cycadaceæ in Mesozoic period, [77].
Cycadaceæ of Lias, [79].
Cycadaceæ of Tertiary period, [89].
Cycadaceæ of Wealden epoch, [84].
Cycadeostrobus, [85].
Cycadites, [44], [79], [84], [87].
Cycadoidea, [83].
Cycas, [76].
Cyclopteris, [32], [35], [43], [72].
Cyclostigma, [41].
Cyperites, [48].
Cystoseirites, [87].
Dadoxylon, [35], [63].
Dalbergia, [90].
Dammarites, [87].
Daphnogene, [92], [96], [97].
Dawson on Devonian fossils, [35].
Desmodophyllum, [92].
Dicotyledons of Pliocene epoch, [98].
Dictyothalamus, [72].
Didymophyllum, [48].
Didymosorus, [95].
Dioonopteris, [72].
Dirt-bed, Portland, [83].
Dolichites, [92].
Drepanocarpus, [90].
Dryandroides, [96].
Echitonium, [92], [96].
Encephalartos, [76].
Entada, [90].
Eocene epoch, Algæ of, [90].
Eocene epoch, characteristics of, [90].
Eocene epoch, Coniferæ of, [90], [91].
Eocene epoch, flora of, [89], [90].
Eocene epoch, fruits of, [90].
Eozoon Canadense, [31].
Equisetaceæ, [29], [59].
Equisetites, [71].
Equisetum, [31], [53], [79], [94], [95].
Equisetum spores, [32].
Equisetum, structure of fruit, [60].
Erian fossil plants, [35].
Erythrina, [92].
Exogenous trees of Carboniferous epoch, [62].
Fagus, [94], [97].
Favularia, [46].
Fern-flora in connection with climate, [41].
Ferns, [96].
Ferns, structure of, [29].
Ferns of Carboniferous strata, [41].
Ferns of present day, [26].
Ficus, [96].
Fig, evergreen, [96].
Filicites, [94].
Fittonia, [86], [87].
Flabellaria, [64], [87].
Flemingites, [51], [52], [57].
Floras of present day in connection with fossil plants, [19].
Folliculites, [92].
Fossil botany, recapitulation of chief points connected with, [103].
Fossil botany, list of works treating of, [105].
Fossil plants compared with modern plants, [3], [4].
Fossil plants, determination of, [3].
Fossil plants, mode of preservation of, [8].
Fossil plants, number of, [23].
Fossiliferous periods, according to Brongniart, [25].
Fossiliferous rocks, [20].
Fructification in ferns of Carboniferous epoch, [40].
Fruits, fossil, of Isle of Sheppey, [90].
Fungi, fossil, [91].
Gardenia, [97].
Gault, Coniferæ of, [80], [85].
Getonia, [92].
Glyptostrobus, [97].
Grès bigarré, [78].
Gymnosperms, fossil, reign of, [25].
Gyrogonites, [92].
Haidingera, [78].
Hakea, [97].
Halonia, [57].
Heer's list of plants from the Bovey Tracey Miocene formation, [96].
Heer on the migration of plants, [98].
Heer on the number of species in the Arctic fossil flora, [97].
Heer's remarks on the Polar flora, [98].
Hightea, [90].
Horse-tails, [29].
Huttonia, [71].
Hymenophylleæ, [34].
Hymenophyllites, [71].
Hymenophyllum, [35].
Ilex, [97].
Infiltration, [9].
Inga, [90].
Isoetes, [27], [49], [89].
Ivy, [97].
Juglandites, [87].
Jurassic period of Brongniart, [79].
Kaidacarpum, [84].
Keupric period, [79].
Kimmeridge Clay, Coniferæ of, [85].
Knorria, [41], [48], [57].
Knorria, phyllotaxis of, [55].
Lastrea, [29].
Lauraceæ, [97].
Lauraceæ, fossil, [92].
Laurel, [96].
Laurentian rocks, [31].
Laurus, [92], [96].
Leaf-beds of Ardtun, Mull, [93].
Leaf-beds of Bournemouth, [95].
Leaf-beds, genera of, [94].
Leguminosæ, fossil, [92].
Leguminosites, [90].
Lepidodendron, [35], [41], [49].
Lepidodendron, phyllotaxis of, [54].
Lepidophloios, [57].
Lepidophyllum, [41], [56].
Lepidostrobus, [35], [50], [52].
Lias, Coniferæ of, [80].
Lias, fossil plants of, [79].
Libocedrus, [90].
Lignite, [32].
Lignite beds of Bovey Tracey, [96].
Lignites, [9].
Lonchopteris, [43], [84].
Lough Neagh, Miocene formation of, [93].
Lower Greensand, cone of, [89].
Lower Greensand, Coniferæ of, [85].
Lycopodiaceæ, [49], [54].
Lycopodiaceæ, modern, [26].
Lycopodites, [56].
Lycopodium, [30], [53].
MacClintockia, [97].
Macrospores, [30].
Magnolia, [97].
Mantellia, [83], [84], [86].
Marsilea, [31], [33].
Marsileaceæ, [31].
Mesozoic period, flora of the, [72].
Microspores, [30].
Microzamia, [87].
Mimosa, [90].
Mimosites, [92].
Miocene epoch, flora of, [89], [92].
Miocene period, temperature of, [97].
Mull, leaf-beds of, [93].
Mull, Miocene formation of, [93].
Munsteria, [87].
Myrica, [94], [97].
Naiadaceæ, [87].
Natural orders to which fossil plants belong, [22].
Neuropterideæ, [41].
Neuropteris, [42], [71].
Nicolia, [11].
Nicol's mode of preparing sections, [13].
Nilssonia, [79].
Nipadites, [90].
Noeggerathia, [64], [71], [72].
Nymphæa, [97].
Odontopteris, [42], [72].
Oolitic epoch, flora of, [80].
Oolite, fruits of, [83].
Oolite, Inferior, Coniferæ of, [86].
Oolite, Lower, [82].
Oolite, Scottish, plants of, [81].
Oolite, Upper, [82].
Oolite, Yorkshire, [83].
Osmunda, [89].
Osmundites, [91].
Otopteryx, [97].
Otozamites, [79].
Oxford Clay, Coniferæ of, [86].
Palæophytology, [1].
Palæopitys, [32].
Palæopteris, [32], [34], [41].
Palæozamia, [79].
Palæozoic or Primary period, [26].
Palæozoology, [1].
Palissya, [80], [86].
Paliurus, [97].
Palm, [96].
Palmacites, [87], [90], [96].
Pandanaceæ, [84].
Pecopteris, [42], [96].
Pecopterideæ, [41].
Pepperworts, [31].
Permian flora, [71].
Permian period, fruits of, [72].
Petrifaction, [9].
Petrified forests, [11].
Pence, [64], [80], [82], [86], [89].
Phanerogamia, number of Miocene species of, [97].
Phaseolites, [92].
Phœnicites, [92].
Phyllotaxis, [54], [55].
Pilularia, [31].
Pinites, [78], [85], [86], [87], [89], [100].
Pinites, structure of, [63].
Pinus, [86], [94], [97].
Pissadendron, [63].
Pitus, structure of, [64].
Plane, [94].
Platanites, [94].
Platanus, [97].
Pliocene epoch, flora of the, [89], [98].
Plumiera, [92].
Podocarpus, [90].
Podocarya, [84].
Portland beds, [82].
Portland Crag, [82].
Portland stone, Coniferæ of, [85].
Pothocites, [66].
Proteaceæ, fossil, [92], [97].
Protopteris, [87].
Prototaxites, [35].
Prunus, [97].
Psaronius, [44], [71].
Psilophyton, [35].
Pterocarpus, [90].
Pterophyllum, [84], [79].
Purbeck, Coniferæ of, [85].
Purbeck period, [83].
Quercus, [94], [96], [97].
Raulin on the Tertiary flora of Central Europe, [99].
Raumeria, [86].
Recapitulation of chief points connected with fossil botany, [103].
Rhabdocarpum, [72], [77].
Rhamnites, [94], [95].
Rhamnus, [94], [97].
Rhizocarpeæ, [31].
Rings, number of annual, in fossil Exogens, [100].
Sagenopteris, [71], [79].
Salicites, [87].
Salix, [97].
Sargassites, [87].
Scalariform vessels, [30].
Schizopteris, [43].
Secondary period, flora of the, [72].
Sections of fossils for microscope, [12].
Selaginella, [27], [51], [53].
Selaginites, [35].
Senftenbergia, [40].
Sequoia, [87], [96], [97].
Sequoiites, [85], [89].
Shale, [37].
Sheppey, fruits of Isle of, [90].
Sigillaria, [45].
Silicified stems, [10].
Sphenophyllum, [35], [61].
Sphenopterideæ, [41].
Sphenopteris, [34], [41], [42].
Sporangia, [30], [56].
Stangeria, [78].
Steinhauera, [92].
Sternbergia, [64], [97].
Stigmaria, [41], [47], [48].
Stonesfield slate, [82].
Stratified rocks, [21].
Structure of fossil plants, [12].
Table of formations, [21].
Taxites, [86], [94], [95], [100].
Taxodieæ, [89].
Taxodites, [79], [80], [94], [95].
Taxodium, [97].
Terminalia, [92].
Tertiary flora of Europe, [99].
Tertiary period, characteristics of, [89], [100].
Tertiary period, fossil plants of, [87].
Tertiary vegetation, Brongniart's divisions of, [89].
Thaumatopteris, [80].
Thuites, [81], [85], [86].
Thujopsis, [97].
Tilia, [97].
Trap rocks, [20].
Tree-fern, [27].
Trees of Miocene Arctic fossil flora, [97].
Triassic fossils, [77].
Trigonocarpum, [64], [72].
Triplosporites, [50], [53].
Tuff-beds, [94].
Tulip tree, [97].
Ulmus, [92].
Ulodendron, [57].
Underclay, [37].
Unger's list of genera of Eocene epoch, [90].
Upper Chalk, [85].
Upper Greensand, Coniferæ of, [85].
Vaccinium, [96].
Vitis, [96].
Volkmannia, [60].
Voltzia, [78], [79].
Vosgesian period, Brongniart's, [78].
Walchia, [71].
Walnuts, [97].
Wealden, Coniferæ of, [85].
Wealden epoch, flora of, [84].
Widdringtonites, [87].
Williamsonia, [81].
Williamsonieæ, [86].
Willow, [97].
Works, list of, treating of fossil botany, [105].
Yatesia, [86].
Yew, [94].
Zamia, [78].
Zamieæ, [86].
Zamiostrobus, [78].
Zamites, [78], [79], [84], [87].
Zostera, [32].
Zosterites, [87].

THE END.

Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.


[FOOTNOTES:]

[1] Miller's Footprints of the Creator, 192-199. Doubts have been thrown on the antiquity of this specimen by those who support the erroneous progressive development theory; but the presence, in the same nodule, of a scale of a fish only found in the lower Old Red, puts the matter beyond doubt. Dr. M'Nab on the Structure of a Lignite (Palæopitys) from the Old Red Sandstone. (Trans. Bot. Soc. x. p. 312.)

[2] Specimens of these fossil plants, as well as numerous others, illustrating the fossil flora of Scotland, are to be seen in Mr. Miller's collection, now in the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art.