Box 14,Folder 15: Fossils 1865-1870

[Page from a book, "Anoplotherian Animal.—Xiphodon."; book title and publishing date not listed]

[Page from a book, "Fossils of the Miocene Tertiary. Fresh Water Tortoise of the Tertiary"; book title and publishing date not listed]

[Page from a book, "The Glyptodon."; book title and publishing date not listed]

[Page from a book, "The Megatherium of Gigantic Sloth."; book title and publishing date not listed]

[embossed stamp at u.l.] [inscription in pencil, u.r.: [1865] ]

[handwritten letter in black ink, below]

Sigillaria Menardi, Brongniart. Veg. Foss 1 p 43 t. 158 figs 5, 6.

Stem 6 1/2 inches in circumferences; much flattened; furrows distinct, reticulated, 1/6 of an inch wide, jointed ["jointed" crossed out], finely & beautifully striated ["by slight transverse ridge" crossed out]; ribs ["& slight transverse" crossed out] with a series of mammillae tubercles, ^& slight transverse ridge at regular distances; scars close, corresponding with the tubercles & ridges ["ridges" crossed out] ribs on the stem, hexagonal, the [pen sketch to the right] upper & lower side longest subtended by obtuse angles; vascular impressions not seen. Each column of scales ["scales" crossed out] scars separated by a slightly elevated ridge; middle of the scale ["scale" crossed out] scars deepened. [leaves very long, linear, keeled, many = nerved; nerves parallel, equal, thin, obsolete]

Sandstone of coal Measures Faubury Illinois Stem with a distinct joint resembling. [pen sketch to the right] the joint of Calamite -