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Carruthers, Mr., on Eocene proteaceous fruit. —, on cycads of the Purbeck. —, on leaves of calamite. —, on spores of carboniferous Lycopodiaceae. —, on structure of sigillaria. —, on trees in volcanic ash.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir