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

RANALES.
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Descrfption..--Trilobate leaves 04 variable size, 5 _- to 20 c_n..
in length, by 3.5 cm. to 13 cm. in breadth. Lobes pointed or
obtuse, the middle one considerably the larger. Petiole short .
and stout. Primaries branching from the cuneate base at an
acute angle. Secondaries remote, camptodrome with the exception
of the pair, of which one runs to the sinus on each side.
Prof. Newber W is very p_itive that this leaf is a true Soasa-
Ira< with which view I entirely agree. The small leaf is the
exact counterpart of the modem Sassafras leaf it_ outline and
venation, witR the exception that the primaries are basal. While
no marginal veins are visible at the sinuses, the first secondaries
leave the midrib and curve upward, runnin@ directly to. the sinuses
as in the existing, Sassafras leaves, t-Iollick's specimen
from Long Island, while fra_nentary, has a short branch running
to the sinus in the half of the leaf-blade which is preserved.
Newberw's other figures each lack the basal portion o,f th_ blade
and c¢1eo.f the lateral lobes; the lobes are more obtuse than irt
his smaller specimen. While the sinus apgears to lack a marginal
vein, the dispo.sitior_ of the secondaries and tertiaries in this
region, is Sassafras-like.
This species is common, but fragmentary in the Raritan at
Woodbridge, and has also been reported from Long, Island and
from the Magothy formation of New Jersey. It suggests somewhat
Saesafras Mudgei Lesq, from the Dakota Group.
Occurrence. _vVoodbridge.
Collcctio_r_-.--N. ,Y. Botanical Garden.
SASSAFRAS _IASTATUM Newb.
Plate XVII, Fig. a.
Sassafras hastatum Newb., FI. Amboy Clays, 88, pl. 27, f. 4-6;
H. ca, f. z, .z; H. 40, f. 4, _896.
Berry, Bot. Gazette, vol, 34: 448, 19o2.
Hotlick, B'ull. N. Y. Bot. Garden, vol. 3: 414, pl. 79, f* 4,
_9o4; U. S. Geol. Surv. Man. 50: 78, pl. 29, _. 4;
pl, 3o, f. re, Le_7.
NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY