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| Keywords: The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London (13859673753).jpg AND <br> pinnatifid leaf of the form of Stenocarpus is together with a com- <br> pound Acacia-like leaf entirely confined to this patch Other cha- <br> racteristic leaves are a small oval Smilax with a thin twining stem <br> a Ghjptostrobus and a Lygodium The only fossil feather yet <br> found so far as I am aware in England was obtained in this bed <br> Another patch at the angle of the chine has only single detached <br> leaves smoothly spread between the surfaces of laminated sandy <br> clay and is characterized by the great preponderance of a large <br> hornbeam-like leaf and the very large stipules and serrate leaves of <br> apparently a willow Nearer Poole Harbour one or two small <br> patches of clay occur ; yet these sometimes contain leaves quite pe- <br> culiar to them <br> Unlike the rest of the cliffs eastward the longest sections of the <br> clays up to this point face the sea and do not extend far in the up- <br> chine sections <br> The second group extends from Sugar-loaf Chine to Watering <br> Chine fig 1 ; and the cliffs are somewhat differently composed The <br> black clays are almost unrepresented ; and in their place are observed <br> numerous small and always lenticular patches of light-coloured clay <br> not arranged in any horizontal series but sometimes three or four <br> overlying one another at one spot They are either composed of <br> pinkish laminated sandy clay hard white sandy marl or pure <br> white pipe-clay The first variety has sometimes faintly marked <br> impressions of leaves while the latter are unstratified and without <br> fossils Only one considerable patch in this group occurring about <br> 100 yards to the east of the Branksome watch-tower has yielded <br> well-preserved fossils It is 25' feet across composed of white and <br> drab and pinkish clay overlying black sandy clay; and it contains re- <br> mains of insects flowers leguminous pods small detached willow-like <br> leaves with smooth or serrated margins stipules laurel and Dios- <br> jogros leaves When leaves occur in it that are met with elsewhere on <br> this coast they are small and stunted This lenticular patch is <br> composed as follows fig 2 ” <br> Pig 2 ” Section of Willow-bed East of Sugar-loaf Chine <br> 9- <br> a Buff quartzose sand ft in <br> b Coarse red irony sand with iron layer at base 4 <br> c White clay stained slightly yellow in places with leaves 6 <br> d Cinnamon-coloured clay with leaves 8 <br> e Blackish clay in layers 7 <br> / Yellowish sandy clay 1 <br> White sand 1 <br> Coarse red sand 4 <br> g Quartzose sand to beach 36935789 113692 51125 Page 6 Text 38 http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/36935789 1882 Geological Society of London NameFound Lygodium NameConfirmed Lygodium EOLID 72830 NameBankID 2645005 NameFound Smilax NameConfirmed Smilax Jorge08 EOLID 3396175 NameFound Stenocarpus NameConfirmed Stenocarpus R Br EOLID 71207 Biodiversity Heritage Library The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London v 38 1882 Geology Periodicals Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 36935789 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/36935789 smithsonian libraries Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-04-15 Check categories 2015 August 26 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/13859673753 2015-08-26 07 56 05 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The Quarterly journal of the Geological Society of London 1882 Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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