Bulletin 3. The flora of the Raritan Formation, 1911 - State of New ...

lo2 THE RARITAN FLORA.
Class ANGIOSPERNAI=.
Sub-Class
MONOCOTYLEDONA_.
Order I_ILIAL S,
Family SMILACACEzE.
Genus SMILAX Linn6.
(Sp. Pl., I25J, p. lo28.)
SMILAX RAIlITANENSI8 Berry.
Plate XXIII, Fig. 3.
Paliurus ovalis Dawson, Newb., FI. Amboy Clays, IO7, p[. 23, f.
8, 9, 1896 (non Daws.)
Smilax raritanemgs Berry. Bull. Torrey Chtb, vol. 36:248, 19o9. I
Description.--Leaves of small size, ovate elliptical in outline,
with entire margins, obtusely pointed apex and slightly cuneate
base, 3.5 cm. to 4 era. in length by 1. 5 cm. to 2 era. in, breadth.
Primaries 3, of medium size, diverging at acute angles from
the extreme base, the laterals regularly crowing- upward and
joining the midvein at the summit. Secondaries not visible except
i or 2 trmasverse internal ones, and a few curved camptodrome
external ones.
This species was identified by, Prof. Newberry with Paliatrus
ova[is Dawson t which it somewhat resembles and this latter
species has been reported by Lesquereux _ from the Dakota Group
and by Hollick a i'rom Marthas Vineyard. These occurenees may
represent Dawson's species, but the Raritai_ leaves are obviously
different, 'being relatively shorter and broader and of an altogether
different aspect.
: Dawson, Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., vol. 3, sec. 4: 14, pl. 4, f. 4, 8, 1886.
' Lesquereux, FI. Dakota Group, 166, pl. 35, L 7, 1892.
_ Hollick, Mon. U. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 50:91, pL 34, f. I4, 19o7.
NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY