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

MYRICALES.
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MYRICA IX_EWBE/tUYANAHollick.
Plate X, Fig. 2,
Myrica Newberryana Hellick in Newb., FI. Amboy Clays, 63, pl.
42, [. 5, I896-
Description.--Leaves small, laneeolate in outline, about 2. 5 cm.
long by o,g cm. in greatest vddth. Apex obtusely pointed, Base
apparently acute. Margin entire for one-third of the "distance
above the base, the remainder _/vithsomewhat irregular, rounded,
dentate teeth. Venation fine but distinct. Secondaries numerous,
7 or 8 pairs, sub-opposite, camptodrome.
This species is based on a few fragmentary specimens from the
upper Raritan, of which the leaf figured is the most complete.
It is appareutly quite distinct from the other members o{ the
Raritan tiara.
Occurrence.--South Amboy, Milltown.
Colleetions,--N. Y. Botanical Garden.
_¢[YPdCAIe_NESa'RATA Newb.
Flare X, Fig. 3-
Myrica fenestrata Newb,, FI. Amboy Clays, 63, pl. 42, f. 32, I896.
Description.--Leaf lm_eeolate in outline, equally pointed at
both ends, 5 era. to 6 cm. in length by 1.4 era. in greatest width.
lVfargin slightly undulate. Midrib strong. Secondaries stout,
numerous, regularly alternate, branching from the midrib at a
wide angle, nearly 9o°, and running straight almost to the
margin where their ends are joined by nat arches, somewhat
suggestive of a Ficus or a Eucalyptus, . "
This species was based or_ a single incomplete specimen, and
only two additional fragments have been found in the later collections.
While its inclusion in the germs Myriea is not above question,
it seems closer to this type than to any other which has sug-
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