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

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larger leaves of Hymenaea. They are described as being" pinnate,
but whether this elaaracter is based upon specimens seen or
merely upon the fact that the two figured specimens each show
two leaves similarly oriented, as if they had once formed part of
a pinnate leaf, cannot be determined.
Prof. Newber D" failed to record the exact locality for the
Raritan plant and it is not contained in any recent collections,
Occ*o'rence.--LocMity unknown.
Coltections,--N. Y, Botanical Garden.
Genus PHASEOLITES Unger,
(Synop, P1, Foss., I845, p. _44.)
PHASEOLITES MANItASSETTENSI_ Hollick.
Plate XXII, Fig, 2.
Phcreeo_ites _anhassettensis Hollick, Bull. N. Y. Botanical Garden,
vol. 3 : 414, pL 78, f. z, 2, 19o4; U. S. Geol. Surv.,
29Ion. 5o:86, pt. 3_, f. z, 3, I9o7.
Berry, Bull. Torrey Club, voL 36: 256, pl. zS, f. 3, I9o9.
Descriptiom--Leaves ovate-falcate in outline, markedly unsynmaetrieal,
6 cm. to Y'5 cm. in length by 2.4 cm,. to 2.8 cm in
greatest breadth, which is below the middle of the leaf. Margins
entire. Apex acute• Base etme_te. Petiole short and stotlt.
Midrib stout and curved. Secondaries fine, about 9 pairs, often
obsolete, diverging from the midrib at an acute angle.
This species, was described from M!anhassett Neck, Long
Island, a locality which should probably be included within the
Raritan formation. The species is scarcely distingalishable from
Phaseolites deganx described by the same author from Brooklyn,
and both are very close to the Dakota Group Pl_useolftes
[ormus Lesq, in fact, it is scarcely conceivable that these extremely
limited variations are not all of a single species. However,
they. should be allowed to stand tmtil more abundant and
complete material is at hand for comparison. Another comparison
which is suggested is with ttymenaea, dakotana Lesq.
NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY