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Introduction to the Study of PalÃ¦ontological Botany

By John Hutton Balfour

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INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF PALÆONTOLOGICAL BOTANY
PREFACE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
LIST OF WOODCUTS.
PALÆONTOLOGICAL BOTANY.
- Determination of Fossil Plants.
- Mode of Preservation of Fossil Plants.
- Examination of the Structure of Fossil Plants.
- Fossiliferous Rocks.
- Natural Orders to which Fossil Plants belong.
- Periods of Vegetation among Fossil Plants.
FLORA OF THE PRIMARY OR PALÆOZOIC PERIOD.
- Reign of Acrogens.
- Flora of the Carboniferous Epoch.
- Flora of the Permian Epoch.
FOSSIL FLORA OF THE SECONDARY OR MESOZOIC PERIOD.
- Reign of Gymnosperms.
- Flora of the Trias and Lias Epochs.
- Flora of the Oolitic Epoch.
- Flora of the Wealden Epoch.
FOSSIL FLORA OF THE TERTIARY OR CAINOZOIC PERIOD,
- Reign of Angiosperms.
- Flora of the Chalk.
- Flora of the Eocene Epoch.
- Flora of the Miocene Epoch.
- Flora of the Pliocene Epoch.
- General Conclusions.
- Recapitulation.
- Works on Fossil Botany.
- EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
INDEX.
FOOTNOTES:

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