Elements of Geology
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195.
Zamia spiralis; Southern Australia-!
These plants must have become fossil on the spots where they grew. The stumps of the trees stand erect for a height of from one to three feet, and even in one instance to six feet, with their roots attached to the soil at about the same distances from one * Geol. Of Hastings, p. 28. T See Flinder's Voyage.
S 206 LYELL'S ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY.
Fossil Forest in Isle of Portland.
another as the trees in a modern forest. * The carbonaceous matter is most abun...dant immediately around the stumps, and round the remains of fossil Cycadete.^ . Besides the upright stumps above mentioned, the dirt-bed con- tains the stems of silicified trees laid prostrate. These are partly sunk into the black earth, and partly enveloped by a calcareo- siliceous slate which covers the dirt-bed. The fragments of the prostrate trees are rarely more than three or four feet in length ; but by joining many of them together, trunks have been restored having a length from the root to the branches of from 20 to 23 feet, the stems being undivided for^l?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
195.
Zamia spiralis; Southern Australia-!
These plants must have become fossil on the spots where they grew. The stumps of the trees stand erect for a height of from one to three feet, and even in one instance to six feet, with their roots attached to the soil at about the same distances from one * Geol. Of Hastings, p. 28. T See Flinder's Voyage.
S 206 LYELL'S ELEMENTS OF GEOLOGY.
Fossil Forest in Isle of Portland.
another as the trees in a modern forest. * The carbonaceous matter is most abun...dant immediately around the stumps, and round the remains of fossil Cycadete.^ . Besides the upright stumps above mentioned, the dirt-bed con- tains the stems of silicified trees laid prostrate. These are partly sunk into the black earth, and partly enveloped by a calcareo- siliceous slate which covers the dirt-bed. The fragments of the prostrate trees are rarely more than three or four feet in length ; but by joining many of them together, trunks have been restored having a length from the root to the branches of from 20 to 23 feet, the stems being undivided for^l?
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