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

172 'I?H'E RARITAN FLORA.
angles of about 45 ° and with but slight curving run directly to
the marginal teeth.
This species was based on the single specimen figured by Prof.
Newberry (lot. eit.), and no additional specimens have come to
light. Although associated with the preceding', it is abundantly
distinct. Like the former, however, its botanical affinity is uncertain.
Prof. Newberry's name was a preoccupied one and the
present name is: given in allusion to the general locality.
*Occurrence.--Sayreville.
CoIlectim_s.--N. _r. Botanical Garden.
Family
CELASTRACETE..
Genus CELASTRUS Linn6.
(Sp. PI., 1753, P. I96.)
C_:LaSl_RUSARCTICAHeer.
Plate XXV, Figs 1--5.
Celastrus ctrcl_'ceHeer, F1. Foss. Arct., vol. 7:4o, pL 6i, [. 5d, e,
I883.
Newb., F1. Amboy Clays, 98, pl. 1,7, f. 8-;8, I896.
Hollick, Ann, N. Y. Acad. Sci., vol, II : 60, pL 4, f. g, I898;
Bull. N. Y. Bet. Garden, vol. 3:408, pl. 7o, f. 72, z3,
i9o4; U. S. Geol. Surv, Mon., 50: 88, pl. 33, [. p-II,
19o7.
Description.--"C. foliis parvulis, lineari-lanceolatis, apice
longe attennatis, basi angustatis, denticulatis, nervls secundariis
t. . ,,
angulo acuto egredlennbus. Heel I883.
Leaves elongated and narrow, linear-lanceolate in outline, with
an equally acuminate apex and base and a short, stout petiole,
ranging from 4 cm'. to I.3 cm,. in length, by frolr_ o. 5 cm. to I. 5
cm. in breadth. Midrib stout. Secondaries numerous, parallel,
nearly straight, branching from the midrib at acute angles ranging
from 12° to 37 °, inosculating near the margin, short branches
from, this marginal hem' entering the teeth. Margin regularly
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