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LIST OF RECENTLY IDENTIFIED FOSSIL PLANTS BELONGING TOTHE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, WITH DESCRIPTIONSOF SEVERAL NEW SPECIES.BV ?iEO liESQUKKGUX, Columbus, Ohio.[Compiled and prepared for publication by F. II. Kuowlton.](With four plates.)NOTE OF EXPLANATION.The followiug list comprises the identification of a large amount ofmaterial that has been accumulating in the Department of Fossil Phiutssince the founding of the Smithsonian Institution. This material, fillingsome fourteen boxes, was sent to Professor Lesquereux in September,1885, and returned by him, named and labeled, in July, 1886. Much ofthe material was in a fragmentary condition, and was found to be in-capable of satisfactory specific or even generic determination, and suchhas been discarded. As many of the specimens were without labels orother data by which they could be located, this will account for thefrequently recurring statement that the locality and collector are un-known.Several new species, of which descriptions and figures will be foundin the text and plates, have been detected by Professor Lesquereux.These have generally been named for the discoverers.The first number given the specimen is the regular catalogue numberof the Museum collection of fossil plants. The lot number refers to thenumber given each lot of specimens before they were sent to Columbus.This was done to prevent confusion when there were numerous speci-mens representing different species from the same locality.ALGiE.FUCACE^.1. Palaeophycus irregularis Hall.Head of Eed Water Valley, Black Hills, Dakota ; H. Newton, col-lector, 1875 ; nineteen specimens ; Museum number 2145 ; 9 specimenscollector's number, 8684. Museum number, 2146 (1 specimen) ; collect-tor's number, 8685. Museum number, 2147 (7 specimens) ; collector'snumber, 8685. Museum number 2148 (2 specimens) ; collector's num-ber, 8689.2. Palaeophycus tubularis Hall.Head of Ked Water Valley, Black Hills, Dakota; H. :N"ewtou, col-lector, 1875; seven specimens; Museum number, 2149; collector's num-ber, 8684.
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3. Palaeophycus rugosus Hall.Blount County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector, 1885; two specimens ;^Museum number, 2150 ; lot number, 224.4. Buthotrepliis flexuosa Hall.Blount County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector, 1885 ; seven specimens
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Museum number, 2383 ; lot number, 224.5. Buthotrephis gracilis Hall, var. crassa Hall.Locality and collector unknown ; Museum number, 2384.EQUISETACB^.EQUISETE^.6. Equisetites s^ec, a stem.Locality and collector unknown ; one specimen ; Museum number,2389 ; lot number, 220. CALAMARIE^.
7. Calamites approximatus Schlotb.Texas ? Eeceived through Mr. W. S. Yeates ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2152 ; lot number, 94.8. Calamites approximatus Scliloth, var. cruciatus Lx., u. v.City of Mexico, Mexico. Eeceived from Ellis Clark; one specimen;Museum number, 2151 ; lot number, 91.9. Calamites cannaeformis Schlotb.Blount County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 21G2 ; lot number, 89. Trinity Eiver, Jackson County, Texas;A. E. Eoessler, collector ; two specimens; Museum number, 2156; lotnumber, 101.10. Calamites Cistii Brougu.Bay of Fundy. Through Dr. E. Foreman ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2157 ; lot number, 95. Pennsylvania Coal Fields. Eeceivedfrom the American Museum of Natural HLstory, ISTew York ; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2161 ; lot number, 93.11. Calamites dubius Artis.Trinity Eiver, Jackson County, Texas ; A. E. Eoessler, collector; twospecimens; Museum number, 2155; lot number, 101.12. Calamites ramnifer Stur.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector; twospecimens ; Museum number, 2158 ; lot number, 223.13. Calamites ramosus Arti.s.Cannelton, Pa. Eeceived from I. C. Eussell; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2163; lot number, 227; one specimen; Museum number, 2159;lot number, 224. Centerville, Hickman County, Tenn. Ira Sayles, col-lector ; one specimen. Museum number, 2160 ; lot number, 215.
1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 2314. Calamites Suckowii Brongu.Commercial Summit, Whitney County, Ky.; M. P. Lightfoot, collector;two specimens; Museum number, 2153; lot number, 100. Two speci-mens ; Museum number, 2154; lot number, 101.15. Asterophyllites equisetiformis Brongn.Mazon Creek, Illinois; A. H. Wortlieu, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2220, on same stone as 2219 ; lot number, 69.16. Calamodeudron approximatum Brongn.Coalburg, W. Va. ; W. H. Edwards, collector ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2286 ; lot number, 216.17. Macrostachya Schimp., sp., spike of.Coalburg, W. Va.; W. H. Edwards, collector ; one specimen ; Mu-seum number, 2393 ; lot number, 109.18. Bornia radiata Schimp.Eufaula, Indian Territory ; H. F. Buckner, collector; one specimen ;Museum number, 216-1 ; lot number, 96. Warrior Creek, JeffersonCounty, Ala., Frank Burns, collector ; two specimens ; Museum num-bers, 2165, 2166 ; lot number, 223. Locality, unknown ; J. T. Abert,collector ; one specimen ; Museum number, 2167. Locality and collector,unknown ; one specimen ; Museum number, 2168 ; lot number, 226.19. Sphenophyllum ercsum L. & H.Centerville, Tenn. ; Ira Sayles, collector ; two specimens ; Museumnumber, 2225 ; lot number, 215.20. Annularia longifolia Brongu.Canneltou, Pa. ; Eeceived from I. C. Eussell ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2172 ; lot number, 227.21. Annularia longifolia, var. augustifolia Ls." Mire Road, C. B.," collector unknown ; two specimens ; Museum num-ber, 2171 ; lot number, 102.22. Annularia splienophylloides (Zenk.) Gutb.Centerville, Hickman County, Tenn. ; Ira Sayles, collector; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2169 ; lot number, 215. Locality and collector,unknown ; two specimens ; Museum number, 2170 ; lot number, 99.FILICES.SPHENOPTERIDE^
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23. Sphenopteris flaccida Cr^pin.Rawley Springs, Ya. ; Beuj. Miller, collector; two specimens; Museumnumber, 2223 ; lot number, 57.24. Sphenopteris pseudo-murrayana Lx.Saint Clair, Pa.; received from George Powell ; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2224 ; lot number, 75.
24 FOSSIL PLANTS IX NATIONAL MUSEUM.25. Archaeopteris minor Lx.Towanda, Pa. ; George 11. Eldridge, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2385 ; lot number, G2.XEUROPTERIDE^.26. Neuropteris biforniis Lx.Warrior Creek, Jeflerson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector ; onespecimen ; Museum number, 2180 ; lot number, 223.27. Neuropteris Carrii Lx.Wiikes-Barre, Pa.; received from American Museum of Natural His-tory, Xew York ; one specimen ; Museum number, 2181 ; lot number, 66.28. Neuropteris cordata Brougu.Canneltou, Pa. ; received from I. C. Eussell ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2213, on same stone as number 2212 ; lot number, 227.29. Neuropteris decipiens Lx.Grundy County, Ills.; Fred. C.Green, collector; three specimens;Museum number, 2173 ; lot number, 222.30. Neuropteris Elrodi Lx.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala. ; Frank Burns, collector ; onespecimen; Museum number, 2175: lot number, 223. Warrior Creek,Jeflerson County, Ala. ; one specimen; ^Museum number, 217G ; lot num-ber, 223. Locality, unknown ; I. T. Abert, collector ; two specimens;Museum number, 2189 ; lot number, 226.31. Neuropteris hirsuta Lx.Saint Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa. ; received from George Powell
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three specimens; Museum number, 2185; lot number. 75. Eugene, Ind.;I. Collet, collector ; four specimens ; Museum number, 2188 ; lot num-ber, 71.32. Neuropteris Loshii Brongn.Saint Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa. ; received from George Powell ; twospecimens; Museum numbers, 2183, 2186; lot number, 75.33. Neuropteris obscura Lx.SaintClair5SchuylkillCounty,Pa.; receivedfrom GeorgePowell; twospecimens; Museum number, 2182; lot number, 75.34. Neuropteris rarinervis Bniibury.Saint Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa. ; received from George Powell;two specimens; Museum numbers, 2184, 2187; lot number, 75.35. Neuropteris retorquata {'!) Daws.Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colo.(?); George H. Eldridgr, col-lector; twenty-two specimens.They are all very small fragments either of ultimate pinnte or mostlyof pinnules. The large pinnules agree well with the description andfigures of Dawson [Canadian Fossils p. 50, PI. XVII, fig. 197] ; but most
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of the pinnules are smaller and narrower. As no fragment representsan entire pinna, the identification cannot be positive.The nature of the anthracite shale in which these plants are pre-served makes it seem improbable that they came from Colorado. Thematerial resembles that from St. John, Canada ; Museum number, 2197;lot number, 213.36. Neueropteris Smitliii Lx.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector; twospecimeus; Museum numbers, 2174, 2178; lot number, 223.37. Callipteris pilosa (?) Daws.Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colo.(?); George H. Eklridge, col-lector; one specimen.From the description of the auth*or [Foss. PI. of tiie Devonian, p. 51,PI. XVI, fig. 189] we learn that the frond is covered with numerous mi-croscopic hairs, masking the nervation. The form and division of thepinnae and pinnules agree better with the figures than with the descrip-tion of the plant by the author. The pinnules are enlarged and decur-rent, connate at base, thin ; nervation obsolete.From the general character of the plant it appears rather referableto a Pecopteris than a Callipteris.According to Dawson the plant is from the Middle Devonian of St.John.Museum number, 2390; lot number, 213.38. Triphyllopteris Lescuriaua Meek.Whetstone Hill, Ya. ; H. E. Geiger, collector; six specimens ; Museumnumber, 2190; lot number, 218.PECOPTERIDE^.39. Pecopteris aiborescens Brongn.Locality and collector unknown ; two specimens ; Museum numbers,2194, 2201.40. Pecopteris dentata Brougn.Saint Clair, Schuylkill County, Pa. ; received from George Powell
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one specimen ; Museum number, 2197 ; lot number, 75. Deavertown,Ohio; received from S. C. Gray; two specimens; Museum number,2200 ; lot number, 73.41. Pecopteris Fontainii Ls. P. abbreviata, Brgt., olim. 1st Penn. Geol. IIc[)t.,p. 867, etc.Locality and collector unknown ; one specimen ; Museum number^2198 ; lot number, 70.42. Pecopteris serrulata Hart.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala. ; Frank Burns, collector ; onespecimen ; Museum number, 2191 ; lot number, 223.
26 FOSSIL PLANTS IX NATIONAL MUSEUM.43. Pecopteris uuita Brougu.Locality aud collector unknown; one specimen; Museum number,2199 ; lot number, 70.44. Pecopteris villosa Brougn.Mazon Creek, 111. ; received from the American Museum of NaturalHistory, New York; one specimen; Museum number, 2195; lot number,G8. Oannelton, Pa. ; received from I. C. Russell ; one specimen ; Mu-seum number, 2203 ; lot number, 227. Cannelton, Pa. ; received fromI. C. Eussell ; one specimen ; Museum number, 2211, on same stone asnumber 2210; lot number, 227. Museum number, 2214, on same stoneas number 2212 ; lot number, 227.45. Pecopteris villosa Brougu., var. microphylla Ls.Green County, Pa. ; Benj. Miller, collector ; four specimens ; Museumnumber, 2196; lot number, 7-1. Two specimens; Museum number,2193 ; lot number, 53.Differs by the smooth rachis, the pinnules very small narrow linear-oblong obtuse, free to the base or connate only at the very base, atright angles to the narrow rachis. The pinnae are linear- lanceolate,also at right angles, curved upwards near their extremities ; the pin-nules at base are not more than 1?*? broad and 3-4??^ long, deeply villoseon the surface.46. Pecopteris Pow^ellii, sp. uov. PI. I, fig. 1, 1 a.City of Mexico ; Ellis Clark, collector.A small bipinnate fragment : Rachis narrow ; ultimate pinnse oppo-site, open and slightly recurved ; i^innules small, alternate, close, sub-linear, obtuse, connate to above the base, separated by narrow obtusesinuses ; medial nerve thin, percurrent, the lateral oblique, curved to-ward the borders from the middle, there forking in two or three branches.By the form and position of the pinnules, this fern is evidently refer-able to Pecopteris. But its basilar nerves are emerging from the rachisand enter the base of the pinnules vertically or obliquely as in speciesof Alethoj)teris.One specimen ; Museum number, 2202 ; lot number, 56.47. Pecopteris spec, fruit of.Richmond, Va. ; received from Nat. West; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2192; lot number, 54. "Pettyshon's R. I. Cala"; G.Thomson,collector.48. Pseudopecopteris anceps Lx.Cannelton, Pa. ; received from I. C. Russell; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2212 ; lot number, 227.49. Pseudopecopteris dimorpha Ls.Rhode Island ; received from the American Museum of Natural His-tory, New York ; one specimen ; Museum number, 2209 ; lot number, 65-
1887.] PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 2750. Pseudopecopteris muricata (Brgt.) Lx.Warrior Creek, Jeffersou County, Ala. ; Frauk Burns, collector
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three specimens; Museum numbers, 2204, 2206, 2208; lot number, 223.Centerville, Tenn. ; Ira Sayles, collector; four specimens; Museumnumbers, 2207, 2218 ; lot number, 215.51. Pseudopecopteris Pluckenetii (Brgt.) Lx.Cannelton, Pa. ; received from I. C. Russell ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2210 ; lot number, 227.52. Alethopteris ambigua Lx.Mazon Creek, 111. ; A. H. Wortheu, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2219 ; lot number, 69.53. Alethopteris lonchitica Sterub. sp.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County-, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector; threespecimens; Museum number, 2215; lot number, 223. Centerville, Tenn.;Ira Sayles, collector; six specimens ; Museum number, 2216 ; lot num-ber, 215. Cannelton, Pa. ; Received from I. C. Russell, one specimenMuseum number, 2222 ; lot number, 227.54. Alethopteris lonchitica, var. angustifolia Lx., n. v.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector; onespecimen ; Museum number, 2217 ; lot number, 223.55. Alethopteris Serlii Brongn.Eugene, lud.; I Collett, collector; two specimens; Museum number,2221 ; lot number, 71.56. Wood^ivardialatiloba Lx.Separation, Colo.; Mr. Levy, collector; one specimen; Museum num-ber, 2391 ; lot number, 23. LYCOPODIACEiE.57. Lycopodites tenerrimus ? Heer.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector; two speci-mens.The fragments are much like those figured and described by Heer,Fl. Foss. Arct. IV., pt. 2 [Jura Fl. OstsibirJ p. 42, PI. XV., figs. 1^, 2-8.Stem thin, filiform, fasciculate at base; dichotomous; branches erect,filiform, bearing very small linear, short, or lanceolate longer, leaveswithout nerves. Except that Heer says of the leaves that they are veryapproximate, his description agrees with the plant. But from his figuresthe leaves are as distant upon some stems and as large as upon thespecimens of the Museum.This plant is also much like Widdringtonites Beichii Heer, but theleaves are larger and the base of the stem is without leaves and moreslender. Museum number, 2287 ; lot number, 8.
28 FOSSIL PLANTS IX NATIONAL MUSEUM.LEPIDODENDRE^. ?58. Lepidodeiidrou aculeatum Sternb.Warrior Creek, Jetiersou county, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector ; threespecimens ; Museum number, 2231 ; lot number, 223.59. Lepidodendrou acuminatum (Gcipp.) Ung.Locality unknown ; received from Professor Taylor, one specimen
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Museum number, 2243 ; lot number, 85.60. Lepidodendrou clypeatum Lx.Liberty Spring, Ark.; Dr. G. H. Horn, collector; one specimen; Mu-seum number, 2226 ; lot number, 110. Henry County, Mo. ; Dr. J.H. Biitts, collector; one specimen; Museum number, 2230; lot num-ber, 101. Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, col-lector ; four specimens ; Museum number, 2232 ; lot number, 223. Lo-cality unknown ; received from I. T. Abert ; two specimens j Museumnumber, 2218 ; lot number, 226.61. Lepidodendron corrugatum Daws.Florida; James Neal, collector; one specimen; Museum number, 2244,*lot number, 215. Locality and collector unknown ; three specimens jMuseum number, 2247 ; lot number, 99?62. Lepidodendron corrugatum Daws., var.Lewis Tunnel, W. Va.; F. W. Meek? ; two specimens; Museum num-ber, 2237 ; lot number, 81.63. Lepidodendron dichotomum Sternb.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector ; onespecimen ; Museum number, 2233 ; lot number, 223. Coalburg, W. Va.jreceived from W. H. Edwards ; one specimen ; Museum number, 2236 ;lot number, 109. Harrisonville, Pa.; received from Kobert McElwain
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one specimen ; Museum number, 2245 ; lot number, 108.64. Lepidodendron dichotomum Sternb., var. obovatum Scliimper.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector ; onespecimen; ]\Iuseum number, 2227 ; lot number, 223.65. Lepidodendron Gaspianum Daws.Lewis Tunnel, W. Va.; F. W. Meek ? ; one specimen ; Museum num-ber, 2238 ; lot number, 81. Lewis Tunnel, W. Va.; received from F.W. Meek? ; one specimen ; Museum number, 2239 ; lot number, 84.66. Lepidodendron modulatum Lx.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector ; onespecimen; Museum number, 2234; lot number, 223. Liberty Springs,Ark.; Dr. G. H. Horn, collector; one specimen ; Museum number, 2242 ;lot number, 110. Harrisonville, Pa.; received from Eobert McElwain
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two specimens; Museum number, 2240; lot number, 108.
1867.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 2967 Lepidodendrou Rushvillense Andrews.Warrior Creek, Jetfersou County, Ala. 3 Frauk Burns, collector; twospecimens; Museum number. 2240; lot number. 223.68. Lepidodeudroia Veltheimianum Sterub.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala. ; Frank Burns, collector; fivespecimens ; Museum numbers, 2228, 2235 ; lot number, 223. Locality andcollector unknown j one specimen; Museum number, 2229. LibertySprings, Ark.; Dr. G. H. Horn, collector; one specimen ; Museum num-ber, 2241 ; lot number, 110.69. Lepidodeudron, leaves of.Alabama; unknown; tw^o specimens; Museum number, 2249 ; lotnumber, 223.70. Cyclostigma densifolium ? Daws.Lewis Tunnel, W. Ya,; "JNCeek's Types?"; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2283 ; lot number, 97.71. Bothrodeudron punctatum L. & H.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala. ; Frauk Burns, collector; onespecimen ; Museum number, 2282 ; lot number, 223.72. Knorria species.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala. ; Frank Burns, collector; onespecimen; Museum number, 2280; lot number, 233.73. Lepidostrobus variabilis L. & H.Warrior Creek, Jelferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector; onespecimen; Museum number, 2284; lot number, 223.74. Lepidocystis fraxiniformis Lx.Henry County, Mo. ; received from W. S. Yates!; one specimen; Mu-seum number, 2285; lot number, 90.75. Lepidophyllum majus ? Brongn.Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colo. ; Geo. H. Eldridge, collector
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one specimen ; Museum number, 2380 ; lot number, 213.T^NIOPHYLLE^E.76. Taeniophyllum ? n. sp.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector.Upon a large specimen partly covered with pinnte, of Pseudopecop-teris muricata Bt. [a peculiar variety with rachis smooth and pinnulesclose, decurrent and connate at base] there are two long stems flattened,smooth, minutely striate lengthwise, 1^ to 2 centimeters broad, ap-pearing like rachis of the fern. From these stems there come out allalong them parallel leaves similar to leaves of Lepidodeudron 5 centi.meters broad, smooth, triple nerved in the middle, linear, curved upward,apparently long. They are mostly broken at a short distance from therachis or stem to which they are attached at right angles, but a few are
30 FOSSIL PLANTS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM.preserved as loug as 12 centimeters. The attachment of these leavesto the rachises, which are more than 20 centimeters loug, may be merely-apparent and these stems or rachises may cover the leaves derivedfrom some Lepidodendron, but at some places along the rachis theleaves are slightly decurring to it, flattened and really attached to it.These leaves and their mode of attachment have some relation to thoseof Lepidoxylon and still more to those of Desmiophyllum gracile 0. Fl. PL82 f. 1. But they are evidently triple nerved in the middle and thusanalogous to leaves of Lepidodendron. The Ta.Ghi& of Fseudojjecopterismuricaia is very broad dichotomous (alternately so) transversely rugosein the middle.One specimen ; Museum number, 2205, on same stone as No. 2204 ;,lot number, 223. SIGILLARIE^.77. Sigillaria Defrancii Brongn.Henry Countj^, Mo.; received from W. S. Yeates?; one specimen;Museum number, 2267 ; lot number, 90.78. Sigillaria elliptica, var. , Brongn.Belgium ; received from Professor Hainarts ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2266 ; lot number, 86.79. Sigillaria ichthyolepis Sternb.Locality and collector unknown; three specimens ; Museum number,2268 ; lot number. 111.80. Sigillaria monostygma Lx.Cauneltou, Pa.; received from J. T. Abert; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2269 ; lot number, 227.81. Sigillaria reniformis Brongn.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector ; one'specimen ; Museum number, 2264 ; lot number, 223.82. Sigillaria Voltzii Brongn.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector; twospecimens ; Museum number, 2263 ; lot number, 223.83. Sigillaria, n. sp. ? too small for determination.Centerville, Tenn.; Ira Sayles, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2265 ; lot number, 215.84. Sigillaria, spec, -with Sigillaria stellata, Ls.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector; twospecimens, fragments of a trunk, decorticated ; Museum number, 2262;lot number, 223.85. Stigmaria ficoides Brongn.Two miles west of Wales, Utah; Dr. C. A. White, collector; onespecimen ; Museum number, 2250 ; lot number, 229. Blount County,
18S7.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 31Ala.; Frank Burns, collector ; two specimens ; Museum number, 2254;lot number, 224. Harrisonville, Pa.; received from Eobt. McEhvaiu ;three specimens ; Museum number, 225G ; lot number, 80. Baugli Bend,Walker County, Ala. ; 0. 3IcKimley, collector ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2260 ; lot number, 77.86. Stigmaria ficoidesBrongu., var. elliptica Goepp.Locality and collector unknown ; one specimen ; Museum number,2259 ; lot number, 82.87. Stigmaria ficoides Brongu., var. minor Gein.Locality and collector unknown ; six specimens ; Museum number,2257 ; lot number, 82. Blount County, Ala. ; Frank Burns, collector
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one specimen ; Museum number, 2252 ; lot number, 224.88. Stigmaria ficoides Brongn., var. undulata Goepp.Blount County, Ala. ; Frank Burns, collector ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2251 ; lot number, 224. Locality and collector unknown ; twospecimens ; Museum number, 2258 ; lot number, 82.89. Stigmaria, leaves of.Centerville, Tenn.; Ira Sayles, collector; one sijecimen ; Museumnumber, 2255 ; lot number, 215. Locality unknown ; A. Hague, col-lector; two specimens; Museum number, 2261; lot number, 41.90. Stigmaria, spec.Lewis Tunnel, W. Va.; Meek, collector ; two specimens; Museumnumber, 2253 ; lot number, 103.CYCADACE^.CORDAITE^.91. Cordaites angustifolius Daws.Warrior Creek, Jelferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector; onespecimen; Museum number, 2274; lot number, 223. Crested Butte,Gunnison County, Colo. ; Geo. H. Eldridge, collector; two specimens;Museum number, 2276; lot number, 213.92. Cordaites borassifolius Ung.Cannelton, Pa.; received from I. 0. Russell; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2279 ; lot number, 227.93. Cordaites costatus Lx.Cannelton, Pa.; received from I. C. Russell; two specimens; Museumnumber, 2278; lot number, 227.94. Cordaites mausfieldi Ls.Cannelton, Pa.; received from I. C. Russell ; two specimens; Museumnumber, 2277; lot number, 227.95. Cordaites, spec.City of Mexico, Mexico ; received from Ellis Clark ; one specimenMuseum number, 2270; lot number, 56.
32 FOSSIL PLANTS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM.Ceuterville, Tenn.; Ira Sayles, collector; one specimen; Museum num.ber, 2272; lot number, 215.96. Cordaites. u. sp.?liussia; collector and exact locality unknown.Leaves large, cuneiform, flabellate in outline, apparently thick, equallythickly nerved, nerves simple, at equal distance, very obtuse or flattenedat the top.There are two leaves, close to each other, 1 centimeter broad at thebase where they are broken, 14 centimeters long and 10 centimetersbroad at the apex, which is also destroyed. The nerves at or near thebase are thick nearly 1 millimeter and a little more than 1 millimeterdistant in the middle of the leaves, while above they are only ^ milli-meter distant, all very distinct and without intermediate veinlets. Theform of these leaves is much like that of Oordaites gr'anflifolius, Lx., C.n. PI. 77, fig. 1, 2, but the substance is thicker, apparently coriaceousand the nervation is different.One specimen; Museum number, 2275; lot number, 98.97. Cordaites, stem of.Henry County, Mo. ; Dr. J. H. Britts, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2273; lot number, 8S.98. Cordaites, leaves of.Ceuterville, Tenn.; Ira Sayles, collector; one specimen; Museum num-ber, 2271 ; lot number, 215.99. Cordaiauthus, spec.^Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala. ; Frank Burns, collector ; onespecimen ; Museum number, 2391 ; lot number, 223.NCEGGERATIE^.100. Noeggeratbia, spec.Oxford, England ; received from the University of Oxford, throughProf. H. y. Mosley; one specimen; Museum number, 2281; lot num-ber, 26. CYCADE^.101. Fittonia, spec. ? Plate I, fig. 1.Fragment of a trunk of the Cycadese, with prominent balf-roundbolsters like those of Fittonia^ Carruth. Apparently new species.Clear Lake, Cal. ; G. F. Becker, collector; one specimen. Museumnumber, 2395 ; lot number, 10.102. Cycadeospermum eequilaterale, n. sp.Oxford, England ; received from the University of Oxford, England,through Prof. H. N. Mosley.Fruit oblong-linear, obtuse or obtusely rounded at the base, obliquelypointed, flat, convex, and obscurely striate; 10-22 millimeters long, bSmillimeters broad.Six specimens ; Museum number, 231G ; lot number, 26.
1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 33103. Cycadeospermum faboideum, sp. nov.Oxford, England ; received from the University of Oxford, England,through Prof. H. N. Mosley.Fruit oval, rounded at the apex, unequilateral at base, with a semi-lunar scar marking the point of attachment; obscurely striate; 26 milli-meters long, 20 millimeters broad.One specimen ; Museum number, 2318J ; lot number, 26.104. Cycadeospermum impressum Nath.Oxford, England ; received from the University of Oxford, throughProf. H. N. Mosley ; three specimens ; Museum number, 2318 ; lot num-ber, 26.105. Cycadeospermum subfalcatum, n. sp.?Oxford, England ; received from the University of Oxford, throughProf. H. N. Mosley.Fruit oblong, pointed at both ends, thick, not compressed, subfalcate,obtuse, or truncate at the apex, truncate at the base or short pedicelled[the pedicel immersed or indistinct] ; 13 centimeters long, 5 centimetersbroad and as thick, nearly semilunar in form.One specimen ; Museum number, 2319 ; lot number, 26.106. Cycadeospermiun Wimillense? Sap.Oxford, England ; received from the University of Oxford, throughProf. H. N. Mosley ; four specimens ; Museum number, 2317; lot num-ber, 26.107. Cycadeospadiz, spec.Oxford, England ; received from the University of Oxford, throughProf. H. N. Mosley ; one specimen; Museum number, 2311; lot num-ber, 26.108. Rhabdocarpus multistriatus (Presl.) Ls.Centreville, Tenn. ; Ira Say les, collector; four specimens; Museumnumber, 2288 ; lot number, 215.109. Cardiocarpus conglobatus Ls.Eufaula, I. T. ; H. F. Buckner, collector ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2388 ; lot number, 96.110. Cardiocarpus annularis St.Fuveau, Bouches-du-Rhone, France; received from J. B. Marcou; onespecimen; Museum number, 2387; lot number, 37.111. Taxospermum Gruneri Br.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah ; C. D. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2407 : lot number, 26.112. Trigonocarpus perantiquus Daws.Crested Butte, Gunnison County, Colo. ; Geo. H. Eldridge, collector;three specimens ; Museum number, 2392 ; lot number, 213.Proc. K. M.87 3
34 FOSSIL PLANTS IX NATIONAL MUSEUM.CONlFERiE.ABIETINEiE.113. Pinus, scale of.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah. ; C. D. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2289; lot number, S.114. Abietites dubius Lx.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah ; C. D. Walcott, collector; four specimens;Museum number, 2290 ; lot number, 8.CUPRESSINEiE.115. Palaeocyparis elegans f Sap.Oxford, England ; received from the University of Oxford, throughProf. H. N. Mosley ; one specimen; Museum number, 2406; lot num-ber, 26. TAXODIE^.116. Sequoia Laugsdoriii Heer.Kudlesaet, North Greenland ; A. A. Ackerman, collector; four speci-mens ; Museum number, 2291 ; lot number, 44.117. Sequoia Reichenbachi Heer.Dpper Kanab Valley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector ; one specimen;Museum number, 2292 ; lot number, 8.118. Taxodium distichum Rich., yhv. mioceuum Heer.Mackenzie Eiver, mouth of Bear River; B. R. Eess, collector ; fivespecimens; Museum number, 2297; lot number, 25. Selvinia Caiion,Utah; G. K. Gilbert, collector; three specimens; Museum number,2298; lot number, 17.119. Taxodium dubium Sterub.Deer Creek Coal field, Ariz.; CD. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2296; lot number, 214.120. Glyptostrobus Ungeri Heer.Locality and collector unknown; two specimens; Museum number,2299; lot number, 13.121. Glyptostrobus, spec.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2293 ; lot number, 8.122. Echinostrobus Sternbergii Sch.Oxford, England; received from the University of Oxford throughProf. H. N. Mosley; three specimens; Museum number, 2294; lot num-ber, 20.123. Brachypliyllum crassum ? Lx., iued.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2295; lot number, 8.
1887.] PEOCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 35TAXE^.124. Ginkgo adiantoides Uug., sp.Sitka, Alaska J E. W. IS^elson, collector; one specimen; Museum num-ber, 2300; lot number, 210.125. Frenelopsis Hoheneggeri ? (Ett.) Schenk.Southwest of Stralileuberg Mountain, Nev. ; C. D. Walcott, collector.The stems are not articulate nor sheathed. It is a stem apparentlygranulose or punctate and obscurely lineate, but as the stone is verycoarse it is not possible to see if the granulations are not caused byimpression from the stone.Museum number, 2301 ; lot number, 196.CONIFEROUS ?126. Whittleseya elegans Ny.Warrior Creek, Jefferson County, Ala.; Frank Burns, collector: onespecimen; Museum number, 2177, on same stone as number 2176; lotnumber, 223. GRAMINES.ARUNDINE^.127. Arundo Goepperti Heer.Silver Cliff, Colo.; received from C. W. Cross; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2303 ; lot number, 199.128. Arundo Goepperti ? Heer.Southwest of Strahlenberg, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector; one spec-imen; Museum number, 2302; lot number, 796.129. Arundo, spec.Yankton, Dak.; P. Soper, donor; one specimen; Museum number,2301; lot number, 51.130. Phragroites Alaskana ? Heer.Fort Concho; W. M. Norton, collector; one specimen; Museum num-ber, 2307; lot number, 72.131. Phragmites cretaceus ? Lx.Deer Creek coal-field, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector.Appears to be this species differing by the intermediate veinletsbeing less numerous than in the Miocene species.Four specimens ; Museum number, 2305 ; lot number, 214. UpperKanab Valley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector; two specimens; Mu-seum number, 2306 ; lot number, 8.FESTUCE^.132. Poacites Mengeanus? Heer.Clear Lake, Cal.; G. F. Becker, collector; two .specimens; Museumnumber, 2308; lot number, 10.
36 FOSSIL PLANTS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM.CYPERACE^.CARICE^.133. Carex, leaves of.Sitka, Alaska; E. W. Nelson, collector ; one specimen ; Museum num-ber, 2309; lot number, 210.134. Cyperites borealis? Heer.Applegarth Cafiou; A. Hague, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2312 ; lot number, 112.135. Cyperites canaliculatus Heer.Southwest of Strahlenberg, Utah ; C. D. Walcott, collector; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2313 ; lot number, 196.136. Cyperites, spec. ?Bridgetou, K J.; J. B. Marcou, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2314 ; lot number, 207.IRIDACE2B.miDEiE.137. Irites Alaskana, n. sp.Cape Lisbourn, Alaska, Henry D. Woolfe, collector.Leaves thickish, linear-lanceolate, tubulose at apex, narrowed to thebase, falcate, aequi-nerved, medial nerve obsolete, lateral, broad, equal.The leaves are comparatively narrow ; the best preserved, apparentlynearly entire, is 13 centimeters long, 1^ centimeters broad in themiddle; nerves, about 1 millimeter in width, not very prominent, equal,not separated by intermediate veinlets, very distinct ; surface smooth,covered by a thin pellicle of coaly matter, some fragments showing thetubulose point and base. The median nerve is slightly marked inplaces.Comparing these leaves with those of cultivated species of Iris, theessential characters, nervation, thickness of leaves, &c., are the same.Four specimens ; Museum number, 2320 ; lot number, 204.NAIADACE-aJ.138. Caulinites Beckeri, u. sp." PL I, fig. 3; PI. II, fig. 2-4.Clear Lake, Cal. ; G. F. Becker, collector.Khizoma horizontal, cylindrical or flattened, marked all around orarticulate by the scars of leaves (?) in parallel short close rows, emit-
*April 2, 1887.?Since the above was in type, the following letter has been receivedfrom Mr. G. F. Becker, the collector of the specimens, which seems to show that it isthe modern Tule, Scirj)U8 lacuatria L. \_Scirpxi8 validua Vahl.], in a state of calcificationor incrustation
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Department of the Interior,United States Geological Survey,Washington, D. C, February 28, 1887.Prof. Lester F. Ward :Sir : The roots sent you from Sulphur Bauk, Clear Lake, California, occur in mod-ern lake beds close to an outflow of basalt and to the edge of the present lake.
1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 37tiug numerous erect cylindrical smooth stems, surrounded at base byrows of scars of leaves or close articulations, being marked, like therhizomas, by deep, round points, scars of rootlets.The rhizomas, varying in diameter from 1 to 2^ centimeters, are ir-regular, cylindrical or flattened, strangled and contorted in divers ways,much branching, or sending upwards at irregular distance cylindricalstems 6 to 10 millimeters diameter, surrounded at their base by concen-trical layers, like the remaining base of rows of leaves. The stems arequite smooth, though obscurely striate lengthwise, resembling those ofsome large species of Juncus, like J. militaris or those of the leaves andflowers of Nelumbium luteum.The species is distantly related to Caulinites Parisiensis, Brgt., asfigured in Schimper's Atlas Pal. Veget., PI. LXXXI, fig. 1 and 2, atleast for the articulation left by the base of the leaves. But the rhizo-mas are, at least sometimes, twice as large ; the stems are short, withonly four or five rows of very narrow, J to 1 millimeter broad, basilarscars of leaves, and the rhizomas creeping, with all the stems turned upor toward the same side.Though there are among the specimens large blocks of hardened clayfilled with rhizomas and stems of the species, I have not been able tosee in them any traces of leaves. But decorticated fragments show, onthe under side of the bark, two kinds of radicles, some most abundant,often in regular rows, being tubulose inflated, at least ^ millimeter indiameter, others intermixed, very thin filiform.These remains are in a kind of tufaceous clay from the shores of ClearLake, California. The species is named for the collector, Mr. G. F.Becker. Museum number, 2320; lot number, 10. Fifty specimens.TYPHACEiE.139. Sagittaria, n. sp. ?Sitka, Alaska; E. W.Nelson, collector; one specimen; Museum num-ber, 2310 ; lot number, 210.Through the basalt and within a few yards of the silicified roots, active, solfatanc,thermal springs still exist. All along the edge of the lake tales grow in great abund-ance. I compared the fossils with the roots of the living tules and could see no dif-ference whatever. I am no botanist, however. As a geologist I do not hesitate toaffirm that the roots are recent, and I do not believe that they are one thousandyears old. I have instructed Mr. H. W. Turner to forward to you roots of the livingtules by mail or express. If we have no specimens in San Francisco, T. will procurethem from the lake.Very respectfully, G. F. BECKER,Geologist in charge.Professor Lesquereux says of this additional information [in litt. April 1, 1887]:"The subject is interesting, as the study of the plant in the different states of preser-vation or fossilization of its organs could show the work of nature and the modifica-tions of forms by fossilization and prove also the long continuance of a type formerlyrecognized in geological time." It has been thought best to let the name standthe present as it is.?Editor.
?38 FOSSIL PLANTS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM.
IPALMEiB.CORYPHEE.140. Sabalites, spec.Salvinia Cafion, Utah ; G. K. Gilbert, collector ; two specimens ; Mu-seum number, 2315 ; lot number, 17.MYRICACEiE.141. Myrica callicomae folia Lx.Locality and collector unknown. Two specimens ; Museum number,2362 ; lot number, 13.142. Myrica Studeri ? Heer.White River, Dakota, Maj. J. W. Powell, collector; two specimens;Museum number, 2361 ; lot number, 27.CUPULIFERiE.BETULEiE.143. Alnus Kefersteinii, var. Heer.Kudlisart, Xorth Greenland ; A. A. Ackerman, collector ; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2369 (on same stone as number 2366) ; lot num-ber, 44. CORYLE^.144. Ostrya! Walkeri ? Heer.Withville, Va. ; Howard Schrie-ve, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2322 ; lot number, 24.145. Carpinus grandis Ung.Locality and collector unknown ; one specimen ; Museum number,2323 ; lot number, 18.146. Corylus McQuarrii Forbes.Unga Island, Alaska ; Mr. W. H. Dall, collector ; five specimens
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Museum number, 2324 ; lot number, 29. Kudlisart, North Greenland ;A. A. Ackerman, collector ; one specimen ; Museum number, 2325 ; lotnumber, 44. QUERCINE^.147. Fagus Deucalionis Ung.Kudlisart, North Greenland ; A. A. Ackerman, collector ; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2326 ; lot number, 44.148. Castanea Ungeri Heer.Kudlisart, North Greenland; A. A. Ackerman, collector; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2327 ; lot number, 44.149. Quercus chrysolepis Leib., forma montana.Placer County, Cal. ; Wm. P. Blake, collector ; one specimen ; Mu-seum number, 2334 ; lot number, 33.
18^7.] PROCilEDIXGS OF UNITED STATES NAflONAL MUSEUM. 39150. Quercus Crossii, n. sp. PI. II, Figs. 5, 6.Ryolite Bed, Silver Cliff, Colo. ; C. W. Cross, collector.Leaves small, coriaceous, convex on the upper face, obloug or ob-lanceolate, cuneate at the base, abruptly round-pointed at the apex,dentate, except toward the base ; mid-rib thick, straight ; secondariesoblique, slightly curved in passing to the borders, nearly simple ; cras-pedrome.Two small leaves, 3^ to 4 centimeters long, 1^ centimeters broad inthe upper part or above the middle, with 5-6 pairs of alternate or op-posite secondaries diverging 30?-35o, curved in passing toward theborders, thick and simple, except near the border, with somewhat ob-solete nerviles at right angles. The leaves have a degree of affinity tothose of Quercus Mediterranea Ung., differing especially by the short,less-acutely pointed teeth, very short toward the base, gradually largerto the apex, similar, however, to the figure of this species in Heer.Fl. Tert. Helv., Plate LXXVI, f. 15.With living species, the relation of the leaves is closely marked withthose of Quercus snber and Q. ilex, differing by the great thickness ofthe nerves, especially the medial. They appear to have been shortpetioled. Species named for the collector, Mr. C. W. Cross.Two specimens ; Museum number, 2329 ; lot number, 209.151. Quercus Drymeja Ung.Separation, Colo., 1881; Lester F. Ward, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2333; lot number, 22.152. Quercus Gaudini Ls. PI. II. Figs. 7, 8.Locality and collector unknown ; one specimen ; Museum number,2330; lot number, 13. Upper Kauab Valley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, col-lector; one specimen; Museum number, 2332; lot number, 8.153. Quercus imbricaria Mich, fossilis.Bridgeton, K. J. ; J. B. Marcou, collector ; two specimens , Museumnumber, 2328; lot number, 207.154. Quercus neriifolia Al. Br.Locality and collector unknown; one specimen; Museum number,2335 ; lot number, 13.155. Quercus Platania? Heer?Upper Kanab Valley, Utah; CD. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2331 ; lot number, 8.SALICINE^.156. Salix proteaefolia ? Lx.Near Las Animas, Colo. ; Dr. C. A. WTiite, collector ; three specimens
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Museum number, 2336; lot number, 4.157. Populus arctica Heer.Cascades, Oregon; A. Hague, collector; one specimen; Museum num-ber, 2338 ; lot number, 20.
40 FOSSIL PLANTS IN NATIONAL MUSEAM.158. Populus deuticulata Heer.Upper Kauiib Talley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum uumber, 2337; lot number, 8.JUGLANDACE^.159. Juglans acuminata Al. Br.Amethyst Mountain, Yellowstone Xational Park; W. H. Holmes, col-lector; two specimens; Museum number, 2378; lot number, 21.160. Pterocarya Americana Lx.Locality and collector unknown; one specimen; Museum number,2377; lot number, 28. PLATANACEiE.161. Platanus Gufllelmae Goepi).Kudlisart, Xorth Greenland ; A. A. Ackerman, collector ; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2366 ; lot number, 44. Separation, Colo. ; Mr.Levey, collector ; one specimen ; Museum number, 2340; lot number, 23.162. Platanus, spec.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah; 0. D. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2339 ; lot number, 8.URTICACEiE.163. Ficus atavina Heer.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah ; C. D. Walcott, collector ; one specimen.According to the author is the same as F. protogea Heer. Fl. Arct. iii,p. 109, PI. XXX, f. 1-8. The leaf which I refer to it has the lateral nervesobscure, but visibly very close, at an acute angle of divergence. Theleaf is large, equally and gradually narrowed to the base and to the apex,which seems to be accuminate.Museum number, 2402 ; lot number, 8.Las Animas, Colo. ; Dr. C. A. White, collector ; two specimens ; Mu-seum number, 2403 ; lot number, 4.164. Ficus tiliaefolia Al. Br.Silver Clifl", Colo. ; C. W. Cross, collector ; three specimens ; Museumnumber, 2341 ; lot number, 199.PROTEACEiE.EMBOTHRIE^.165. Lomatia Saportanea ? Lx.Las Animas, Colo. ; Dr. C. A. White, collector ; one specimen ; Mu-seum number, 2342 ; lot number, 4.166. Lomatia, spec. ?Locality and collector unknown ; one specimen ; Museum number,2343 ; lot uumber, 13.
1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 41"BANKSIE^.167. Dryandroides lignitum (Uug.) Ett.Deer Creek coal-fields, Ariz.; 0. D. Walcott, collector; five specimens;Museum number, 2344 ; lot number, 214.LAURACEiE.TETRANTHERE.^.168. Laurus socialis Lx.Locality and collector unknown; two specimens; Museum number2347 ; lot number, 28. '169. Laurus, spec.Deer Creek coal-fields, Ariz.; C. D. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2345; lot number, 214. CTpper Kanab Valley, Utah;C. D. Walcott, collector: one specimen; Museum number, 2346; lotnumber, 8. CINNAMOMEJE.170. CinnaBiomuin lauceolatuia Heer.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah ; C. D. Walcott, collector; one specimen
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Museum number, 2349 ; lot number, 8.171. Cinnamomum Scheuchzeri Heer.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector; two speci-mens; Museum number, 2348; lot number, 8.ASCLEPIADE^.172. Echitonium Sophiae O. Web.White River, Dak.; Maj. J. W. Powell, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2398; lot number, 27.EBENACE-ffi.173. Diospyros anceps Heer.White River, Dak.; Maj. J. W. Powell, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2350; lot number, 27.174. Diospyros brachysephala ? Al. Br.Deer Creek coal-fields, Ariz. ; 0. D. Walcott, collector ; one speci-men; Museum number, 2351; lot number, 214.ERICACE.a5.ANDROMEDE^.175. Andromeda afBnis Ls.Las Animas, Colo.; Dr. C. A. White, collector; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2355; lot number, 4.
42 FOSSIL PLANTS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM.176. Andromeda linearifolia, n. sp. PI. Ill, Figs. 2 and 3.Ryolite Beds, Silver Cliff, Colo.; C. W. Cross, collector.Leaves small, narrow, linear, coriaceous and revolute on the borders,narrowed at base; medial nerve very thick and broad; secondariesvery oblique, parallel live to six pairs in a fragment of a leaf 2*='" long,4mm broad. The angle of divergence of the nerves is only 10 to 15?.The species is comparable to A. revoluta Heer. Fl. Tert. Heir., PI. (ci,t. 24, especially 24b,) the leaves being however narrower and muchsmaller, one of them preserved nearly entire being only G"*"^ long, 2??broad. It still differs by the secondaries at a mor i acute angle of di-vergence, strong, and the surface obscurely reticulate.Three specimens; Museum number, 2352; lot number, 209.177. Andromeda Parlatorii, Heer.Las Animas, Colo.; Dr. C. A. White, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2354; lot number, 4.178. Andromeda! protogaea? Heer.Clear Lake, Cal.; G. F. Becker, collector; eleven specimens; Museumnumber, 2353; lot number, 10. Kudlisart, iSTorth Greenland; A. A.Ackerman, collector; one specimen; Museum number, 2356; lot num-ber, 44. VACCINACE-aJ.EUVACCINIE^.179. Vaccinium Coloradense n. sp. PI. Ill, Fig. 4, .'>.Eyolite beds. Silver Cliff", Colo.; C. W Cross, collector.Leaves small, oval, pointed at apex, narrowed to the base, coriaceousand very entire, lateral nerves camptodrome close and forked at apex,6-7 pairs in leaves 16 millimeters long 6 millimeters broad ; angle ofdivergence of the nerves 25-30^. Related to V. acheronticum Heer Fl.Tert. Helv., PI. CI, f. 29, with the veins forking near the borders as inV. Orel, fig. 35, same plate.Two specimens; Museum number, 2357; lot number, 209.Ryolite beds. Silver Cliff, Colo.; C. W. Cross, collector; one speci-men; Museum number, 2372 (on same stone as number, 2371); lot num.ber, 209. CORNACEiE.180. Cornus ferox Ung.Kudlisart, North Greenland; A. A. Ackerman, collector; one speci-men; Museum number, 2368 (on same stone as number 2366); lot num-ber 44.181. Cornus rhamnifolia ? O. Web.New Jersey? Collector unknown; two specimens; Museum number,2360; lot number, 16.
188: ] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 43182. Cornus Studeri ? Heer.
"P. Y. station, near Messa station;" received from W. S. Yeates;one specimen.Agrees with the figure and description in Heer Fl. Tert. Helv., p. 27,PI. OV, f. 18-21. The two lower pairs of nerves from above the base areopposite, but the acute divergence of the secondaries is the same. Asthe upper part of the leaf is destroyed the identification is not certain.Museum number, 2359 ; lot number, 9.ARALIACEiE.183. Aralia Browniaua Heer.Kudlisart, North Greenland ; A. A. Ackerman, collector ; two speci-mens ; Museum number, 2358 ; lot number, 44.ROSACEiE.184. Crataegus antiqua Heer.Kudlisart, North Greenland ; A. A. Ackerman, collector ; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2267 (on same stone as number 2266) ; lot num-ber, 44.185. Crataegus Holmesii, u. sp. PI. Ill, Figs. 7-9. /"^ ^ / u.w/^'*--^''Ryolite beds, Silver Cliff, Colo. ; W* H. Holmes, collector.Leaves small, coriaceous, oblanceolate-spathulate, gradually narrowedto the base from an obtuse truncate or acute apex; primary nervebroad ; secondaries thick, very oblique, simple, parallel, the lowest pairopposite and emerging from above the base of the leaf. The leaves,mostly in fragments, vary from 18 to 30 millimeters long, 4 to 10 millime.ters broad above the middle or in the upper part, gradually decurriug toa comparatively long petiole 15-16 millimeters long, inflated at the pointof attachment ; secondaries 5-6 pairs, at an angle of divergence ofabout 20?, deeply impressed upon the leaf which appears thus foldedalong them and simply dentate on the borders by the excurriug pointsof the nerves. These leaves resemble those of Cratcegus spatJmlata Mich,and also of C. tomentosa in some of the varieties, being however muchsmaller. But for the long petiole and the nervation very distinct, notobscured by intermediate nerves or tomentum, these leaves could bereferred to the genus Cercocarpus H. B. K. /Seven specimens ; Museum number, 2381^; lot number, 200. /qLEGUMINOSiB.186. Leguminosites, spec.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2381 ; lot number, 8.AMPELIDEiE.187. Cissus laevigata Lx.Near False Creek, Southeastern Utah ; G. K. Gilbert, collector ; onespecimen ; Museum number, 2401 ; lot number, 21.
44 FOSSIL PLANTS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM.188. Cissites microphyllus, n. sp. PI. Ill, Fig. 11.Clear Lake, Cal. ; G. F. Becker, collector.Leaf small, ovate pointed, enlarged above the base and rounded in
^narrowing to the petiole (broken) ; border simply dentate ; nervation
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sub-tripalmatifid ; primary nerves slightly more distant from the low-est pair of the secondaries and parallel to them, much branched on thelower side; secondaries simple or forking near the borders, all the divis-ions craspedodrome.This small leaf is two centimeters long, one and one-half centimetersbroad below the middle, secondaries four pairs ; angle of divergence40O.One specimen ; Museum number, 2400; lot number, 10.ANACARDIACEiE.189. Rhus bella ? Heer.Kudlisart, Xorth Greenland ; A. A. Ackerman, collector ; one speci-men ; Museum number, 2379 ; lot number, 44.SAPINDACEiE.190. Sapindus angustifolius Lx.Ryolite beds. Silver Cliff, Colo.; C. W. Cross, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2371; lot number, 209. // .5, ^^^ <^191. Acer vitifolium Al. Br.Wytheville, Va. ; Howard Shrieve, collector ; one specimen ; Museumnumber, 2370; lot number, 24.RHAMNE^.192. Rhamnus Cleburni Lx.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah; CD. Walcott, collector; two specimens;Museum number, 2373 ; lot number, 81.193. Rhamnus Dechenii Web.Locality and collector unknown; two specimens ; Museum number,2374 ; lot number, 15.194. Rhamnus Goldianus Lx.Eyolite beds. Silver Cliff, Colo.; C. W. Cross, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2375 ; lot number, 199.195. Rhamnus intermedius Lx.Locality and collector unknown ; one specimen ; Museum number,2376 ; lot number, 28. TILIACE.^.196. Grewiopsis acuminata, n. sp. PI. Ill, Fig. 12, 13; PI. IV, Figs. 1, 2.
?'P. Y. Station Xo. 49, near Messa station ; " received from W. S.Yeates.
1887.] PROCEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 45Leaves rhomboidal-oval, acumiuate, wedge form at base in narrowingto the petiole, dentate on the borders, obscurely palmate-nerved ; lateralprimary nerves two, joining the middle a little above the base of theleaves, slightly more oblique than the secondaries and a little moredistant of the lower pair of secondaries than these are from each other;secondaries slightly curved in passing to the borders craspedodrome.The leaves vary much, especially in width, from 5 to 9 centimeterslong and 3 to 4^ centimeters broad in the middle, the acumen being G to8 millimeters long. The medial nerve like the secondaries is distinctlymarked but not broad ; the lower primaries are oblique, passing nearlystraight to the borders, at an angle of 30?; the secondaries, 5 to 6 pairs,are a little more open and curved in passing up, entering each one of thesmall rather obtuse teeth of the borders. The areolation is made bytransverse nervilles anastomosing at right angles to the nerves near theborders by short divisions passing up the sinuses or curved along theborders.The species is very similar to G. viburnifolia Ward, Types of theLaramie Flora, Bulletin U. S. Geol. Surv., No. 37, p. 89, PI. XL, f. 2,from which it differs by the leaves being generally narrower at the cune-iform base with a long, sharply-pointed acumen ; the teeth less numer-ous, less marked, and obtuse, effaced from the middle downward. Ex-cept the acumen the difference is not very great, and as those leavesdiffer much in their width they might (but for the apex) be referred tothe same species. The petiole is of the same length, about 2 centimeters.Eight specimens ; Museum number, 2363 ; lot number, 9.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah ; C. D. Walcott, collector ; three speci-mens ; Museum number, 2365 ; lot number, 8.397. Grewiopsis "Walcotti, n. sp. PL IV, tigs. 3, 4.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah ; G. D. Walcott, collector.Differs from G. acuminata by the broader leaves, scarcely dentate onthe borders, and apparently not acuminate. There is, however, a dif-ference in the leaves which are more or less dentate on the border, andas the top of the three leaves of this species are destroyed they may bethe same, there being scarcely any difference in the nervation.Three specimens ; Museum number, 2364 ; lot number, 8.STERCULIACEiE.198. Pterospermites dentatus ? Heer.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah; C. D. Walcott, collector; one specimen;Museum number, 2399. NYMPHiEACEiE.199. Nymphaea ? scars of, on roots.
" Mouth of Indian Creek;" collector unknown; two specimens ; Mu-seum number, 2405 ; lot number, 42.
46 FOSSIL PLANTS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM,MAGNOLIACEiE.200. Magnolia Inglefieldi Ileer.Amethyst Mountain, Yellowstone Xatioual Park ; W. H. Holmes, col-lector; two specimens; Museum number, 2382; lot number, 31.RANUNCULACEiE.201. Dewalquea Haldemiana ? Sap. et. Mar.Upper Kanab Valley, Utah ; C. D. Walcott, collector.This fragment is similar to those figured by Heer. from Patoot. Fl.Foss. Arct. VII, PI. LV. fig. 19 a. The form of the leaf, its round nar-rowed base, the thick median nerve, the total erasiou of the lateralones and the entire borders are the same. The fragment, however, istoo small for positive identification.PLANTS OF UNCERTAIN RELATION.202. Phyllites fraxineus, u. sp.Bridgeton, N. J.; J. B. Marcou, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2397 ; lot number, 207.203. Phyllites mimusopsoideus, u. sp.Bridgeton, N. J.; J. B. Marcou, collector; one specimen; Museumnumber, 2396 ; lot number, 207.
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