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

io6 THE RAR1TAN FLORA.
gested itself, and as a distinct type of Raritan plaut it deserves a
place in any enumeration of the Raritau flora.
Occurrence.--Sayreville, Milltown.
Collections.--U. S. National Museum, N. Y. Botanical Garden.
MvRica
Cr_5"AMO_,tlFOLIANewb.
Plate X, Fig. 7-
Myrfca "cfnnamomifolia Newb., Fh Amboy Clays, 64, ft. 22, f.
9-x4, I896.
Descrlption.--Leaves of medium size, elliptical in outline, pinnately
lobate or pandurifom_. Lobes obtusely rounded, separated
by shallow rounded sinuses of variable width or the margin may
be strongly undulate with two or three broad scallops, or one
margin may be lobate and the other scalloped. Apex obtusely
pointed. Base pointed, slightly decurrent. Petiole stout, 2. 5 cm.
in len_h. Leaves ver3, variable in size and outline, ranging from
4-5 era. to 7.5 cm. in length by _ era. to 4 cm. in breadth. Basal
half or one-third 04 the leaf entire, this feature with the ascending
opposite basal secondaries giving fragmentary specimens the
appearance of a Cimm,wmmg or a Sassafras. Midrib mediumly
stout. Secondaries few, not more than 2 or 3 pairs, branching
from the midrib at an acute angle, curved, indifferently camptodrome
and craspedodrome; the basal pair are subopposite
branching from the midrib a short distance above the base and
curving upward; they traverse _ or _ the distance to the apex
ending in the tip of the lowest lobe or camptodrome, this variability
i_ their course is well shown in the specimen figured; the
other secondaries may be alternate or sub-opposite, and they may
end in a lobe or not; the second one is a considerable distance
above the basal pair, as much as 2. 5 cra. in one specimen, and it
subtends a somewhat wider angle with the midrib.
These curious leaves are not uncommon, but are mostly incomplete.
Professor Newberry has figured sevei'al, which clearly
show their variable nature. The latter author was not at all
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