| PAGE | | Introductory Remarks | 1 | | Determination of Fossil Plants | 3 | | Mode of Preservation of Fossil Plants | 8 | | Examination of the Structure of Fossil Plants | 12 | | Fossiliferous Rocks | 20 | | Natural Orders to which Fossil Plants belong | 22 | | Periods of Vegetation among Fossil Plants | 25 | | Fossil Flora of the Primary or PalÆzoic Period | 26 | | Reign of Acrogens | 26 | | Flora of the Carboniferous Epoch | 36 | | Flora of the Permian Epoch | 71 | | Fossil Flora of the Secondary or Mesozoic Period | 72 | | Reign of Gymnosperms | 72 | | Flora of the Trias and Lias Epochs | 77 | | Flora of the Oolitic Epoch | 80 | | Flora of the Wealden Epoch | 84 | | Fossil Flora of the Tertiary or Cainozoic Period (including the Cretaceous Epoch) | 87 | | Reign of Angiosperms | 87 | | Flora of the Chalk | 87 | | Flora of the Eocene Epoch | 90 | | Flora of the Miocene Epoch | 92 | | Flora of the Pliocene Epoch | 98 | | General Conclusions | 101 | | Recapitulation | 103 | | Works on Fossil Botany | 105 | | Explanation of Plates | 111 | | Index | 113 |
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