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

HISTORICAL SKETCH. 13
Persea nebrascen,is Lx.
Platamts Heerii Ix.
Proteoides daphnogenoides Heerl=Ficus daphnogenoides
of this report.
Proteoides, undeterminable.
Quercus, dentate leaves.
Rootlets.
Rootlets
of Equisetum.
Salix protecefolia Lesql=Salix Lesquereuxi of this
report.
"Sassafras (Araliopsis.)
Seed of Coni[er.
Sequoia condita Lx.
Sequoia, Reiehenbachi Heer?
Sequoia rigida Heer.
Sequoia. Smithsiana Heer (sic.)
Sequoia subulata Heer.
A Sequoia with thick leaves.
Sterculia: sp.
Sterculia, undetermined species.
This list was published in. the special volume of the Clays of
New Jersey, by Cook and Smock." The Raritan area was treated
at length in this work, and the deposits were classified substantially
as they are at the present time. Following is Professor
Cook's somewhat generalized section of 1878:2
Stoneware clay ....... . .................................... 3o ft.
Sand and sandy clay, .................................... 50 ft.
South Amboy fire clay .................................... 2o ft.
Sandy day with leaf-impresslons .......................... 3 ft.
Sand and "kaolin," . ...................................... io ft.
"Feldspar," . ............................................ ,5 ft.
Micaceous sand .............................. _............ 2o ft.
Laminated day and sand ................................. 30 ft.
Pipe cIay, . ............................................. I0 fl.
Sandy clay with leaf imI)ressions, . ....................... 5 ft.
Woodbridge fire clay, . .................................. 2o ft.
Sand, : .................................................. 15 ft.
Raritan fire clay, ........................................ 15 ft.
Sandy llgnitlc clay, ....................................... 4 ft.
Potters clay, ............................................ 20 ft.
• : Known members of the Raritan flora.
Cook and Smock, Rept. on Clays, 1878, p. 34.
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