Fig. l. Fossil leaf of a Flabelliformn Palm from the Gypsum of Aix in Provence. (Brongniart.)

Fig. 2. Upper portion of the Fossil trunk of a tree allied to Palms (nearly four feet in diameter), from the Calcaire Grossier at Vaillet, near Soissons, preserved in the Museum d'Hist. Nat. at Paris. See p. 516, Note. (Brongniart.)