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IN an article on a fossil plant from the Isle of Man, in NATURE, vol. xviii. p. 555, the following sentence is attributed, apparently on the authority of Mr. Leo Lesquereux, to my report on the Devonian and upper Silurian plants of Canada: “that these fragments are probably originating in the upper Silurian of Gaspé; that as they are found in the lower part of the limestone which underlies the Devonian Gaspé sandstone and become more abundant in the upper beds, this suffices to indicate the existence of the neighbouring land, probably composed of Silurian rocks and supporting vegetation”.
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DAWSON, J. A Fossil Plant—Misquotation. Nature 18, 696 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/018696a0
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