(See Figure 134), which is probably only a variety of
Oreodaphne foetens, or the laurel called the Til in Madeira, where, as in the
Canaries, it constitutes a large portion of the native woods, but can not now
endure the climate of Europe. In the fossil specimens the same glands or
protuberances are preserved (see Figure 134) as those which are seen in the
axils of the primary veins of the leaves in the recent Til. (Contributions a la
Flore fossile Italienne. Gaudin and Strozzi. Plate 11 Figure 3. Gaudin page 22.)
Another plant also indicating a warmer climate is the Liquidambar europaeum,
Brong. (see Figure 135), a species nearly allied to L. styracifluum, L., which
flourishes in most places in the Southern States of North America, on the
borders of the Gulf of Mexico.
CHAPTER XIV.
MIOCENE PERIOD.-- UPPER MIOCENE.
Upper Miocene Strata of France.-- faluns of Touraine.
Tropical Climate implied by Testacea.
Proportion of recent Species of Shells.
faluns more ancient than the Suffolk Crag.
Upper Miocene of Bordeaux and the South of France.
Upper Miocene of Oeningen, in Switzerland.
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