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

178 'PHE RARITAN FLORA.
CELASTROPtIYLLUI_ eRENATUM t{eer.
Plate XXII, Fig. 9; Plate XXIII, Fig. e.
Celctstrophyllu_ cren_tu_t_ Heer, F1. Foss. Arct., voL 7:4 I, pL
6e, f, e4 I883.
Smith, Geol. Coastal Plain in Ala., 348_ I894.
Newberry, FL Ambov Clays, 99, pL 48, f. z-z9, I896.
Berry, Bull. T_orrey Club, vok 34: I97, pl. I3, f. 5, I9°7.
Description.--"C. foliis parvulis, membranaceis, eliipticis,
crenatis, nervis secundariis _umerosis, valde camptodromis, reticulato
venosis." Heer, i883.
Leaves very vari@ble in size, 2 cm. to 8 cm. in length by i cm.
to 5 era. in breadth, ovate or elliptlcal in outline, broadly rounded
above, narrowed and inequilateral below. Margins entire below,
coarsely toothed above with somewhat variable rounded, crenate
or crenate-dentate teeth. Occasional specimens are entire
throughout and some have a markedly inequilateral base. Midrib
mediumly stout. Secondaries numerous, 9 to Io pairs, subopposite,
branching from the midrib at an angle somewhat in
excess of 45 °, slightly curved upward and p_rallel, branching"
near the margin to form, festoons from which branches enter the
marginal teeth.
Tills species was described by Hjeer from the Patoot beds of
Greenland, and unfortunately only a single small leaf was figured.
The Raritan leaves, which are abundant, grade into much larger
forms, which are also present in the Bladen formation of North
Carolina an¢ the Tuscaloosa formation of Alabama.
Occurrem:e.--Sayreville, South Amboy.
Collections.--U. S. NationM Museum, N. Y. Botanical Garden.
CELASTROPI:IYLLUM SPATUItATU_.{ Newb.
Plate XXII, Fig. 4.
CeIastrophylhtm spalulatum Newb., F1. Amboy Clays, _o3, pL
42, f. 43-45, I896.
Cela*trophyllnm robustum, Newb., Ibid., f. 4 r, 42.
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