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

MYRTALES.
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the petiole, diverging at acute angles, the midrib running
straight to the base of I'he.sinus, the laterals but slightly curved
in passing to the tips of the lobes. Secondaries remote, fine,
camptodrome.
Passfftora is entirely a warm temperate or tropical type, and
while it is found iri both Asia and Australia it is primarily
'eMnerlcan and makes its greatest display in the tropics of
Central and South America. Perhaps 250 species in all have
been described.
.Fossil representatives of this genus are rare. In addition to
the present species two characteristic species are described by
Friedrich 1 from the much more recent Ligurian deposits of.
Saxony.
Occurre_we. Woodbridge.
Collectio*ts.--N. Y. Botanical Garden.
Order
Family
NYRTALeS.
MYRTACE-/E.
Genus EUCALYPTUS L'Heritler.
(Sert. Angl., I788, p. I8.)
EUCALYPTUSO_IxI*ZI (Heer) Heer.
Myrtophyllum Geinitai Heer, F1. v. Moletein, 22, pl. I_, f. 3, 4,
1872 ; F1. Foss. Arct., vol. 3, ab. 2: 116, pI. 3-', f. *4-
I7; pI. 33, f. rib, 1874.
Eucal'vptus Geiuit:i Heer, F1. Foss. Arct., vol. 6, ab. 2 :93, pl. x9,
f. zc; p!. 45, f. 4-9; pl. 46, f. *ec, d, r3; i882.
Velen,, F1. B/Shin. Kreidef. Theil 4: I, pl. 1, e, 3, t_g. I; pl.
4, f- I, z3, 1885 .
Lesq., F1. Dakota Group, I38, pl. 37, f. 20, 1892.
Newb., F1. Amboy Clays, iio, pI. 3a, f. 2, I2 (non [. I5, I6)
I896.
_I_riedrlch, Beitr. Tertfl. Sacbsen, I95, 234, pl. aS.. f. zo; pl. 31, f. I, 2, 1883.
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