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

SAPINDALES.
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Order
Family
SAPINDALf-S.
ILICACEeE.
Genus ILEX Litre&
: (gp. PI,, 1753, 9. x_5")
II_EX ? ELONGATA Newb.
Ilex ? dongata Newb., F1. Amboy Clays, 98, pl. 18, f. z, 5, I896.
Descrlp_ion.--Leaves o{ relative large size for this genus,
laneeolaite in outline, IO cm_.to 13 cm. in length, by 3 cm in
greatest breadth. Apex and base acute. Margin with remote
spiny teeth. Midrib, stout. Secondaries thin, apparently craspedodrome,
branching from the m_drib at an acute angle in the
middle of the leaf, bat at a much wider angle toward the apex.
This species is based upon the two incomplete specimens figured
by Prof, Newberry (Ioe. cit.), which are the only specimens that
have ever been collected. Consequelatly, the diagnosis is somewhat
incomplete, the generic relationship is uncertain and the
reference to Ile_r can only be provisional.
Occurrence.--Sayreville.
Collectio_s.--N. Y. Botanical Garden.
ILEX A_gOYE_SIS ]3erry.
Ilex .govatc_ Newb., FI. Amboy Clays, 98, pI. Ig, ft. _, I896 (non
Cmepp. i852 ) .
llex amboyensix Berry, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 36:259, 19o9.
Description.--Leaves small, broadly lance,>late in outline,
about 4 era. in. length, by 2 era. in breadth. Apex obtuse. Base
narrowed and apparently acute. Margin beset with small and
large subaeute teeth. Midrib mediumly stout and curved. Only
a {eve secondaries are v!_ible, these branch from the midrib at
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