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

i54 THE RARITAN FLORA.
the Atane beds, they have been detected by Lesquereux in the
Dakota Group, by Newberry in the Raritan, by Hollick at
Marthas Vineyard and Staten Island and by the writer from
Maryland. They are very similar to ocher species of Leguminosites,
as, for example, Leg,minositos _rigid_" Heer 1 described
from the Patoot beds.
Prof. Heer in his last report (loc. eft) refers this form to the
genus Coh_lea, but it does not seem wise to follow him in this
reference with no more evidence tlTmnis available. Prof. Newberry
unfortunately neglected to record the exact locality for the
Raritan material and no additional specimens have been obtained.
Occ,_rrence.--Locality unknown,
Collections.--N. Y. Botanical Garden.
LEGUMIIgOSITES ATANENSIS
Heer.
Legu,ni_o.fites ata.nensis Heer, FI. Foss. Arct., vol. 3, ab. 2:119,
pl. 34, [. 6, I874.
Newb., F1. Amboy Clays, 97, pl. 42, [. 4o, 1896.
Deseription.--"L. foliotis firmis, obtongis, crassinerviis."
i-leer, 1874.
Leaflets, elliptical in outline, 3 cm. to 4 cm. in length, by I. 5
c_n. to 1,9 cm. in breadth. Margins entire. Apex evenly rounded.
Base cuneate. Petiole present, 3 to 5 ram. in length, stout,
Midrib stout. Secondaries, 6 or 7 pairs, subopposite, branching
at angles varying from 50° to _6o°, camptodrome.
This well-marked leaflet, if it is a leaflet, was described from
the Atane beds of Greenland, by ProL ?deer, and is represented
in the Raritan by a single complete specimen, which is somewhat
smaller than the type, but otherwise identical with it, except that
the secondaries are straighter and do not clearly show camptodrome
characters. There is some resemblance to Myrsine
obtongata. Hollick, from the same beds, Prof. Newberry failed
_ Heer, F1. Foss. Arct., 7:44, pl. 55, f. 21, 22; pL 65, f. 13, 1883.
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