TERTIARY PLANT FOSSILS FROM AUSTRALIA TOP END

An assemblage of Tertiary plant fossils is described from Melville Isl and, Northern Territory, which is in the far north of Australia and cu rrently experiences a monsoonal climate. The leaves examined included probable Cupressaceae, Proteaceae (Grevillea, and forms comparable wit h the Madagascan genus Dilobia) and Melaleuca (Myrtaceae). They indica te a non-rainforest community which probably had seasonal rainfall.