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

MYRTALES.
, I95
the illustrations o.f the foreiga material. In all respects this is
One of the most characteristically Eucalyptus-like species of the
many which have been so identified, and its totaI!ty of characters,
combined with the presence of attached fruits, in the Bohemian
m,aterial, which are no¢ unlike some of those of modern forms,
renders the identification very., saris.factory.
Occurrence.--South Amboy.
Collections.--e'U. S. National Museum.
EUCALYPTUS? ATTENUATANewb.
Plate XXVIII, Fig. 6.
Eucalyptus ? attenuata Newb., F1. Amboy Clays, iii, pl. I6, f. z,
3, (non. f. 5) 'I896"
Smith, Geol. Coastal Plain in Ala., 348, _894 (nomer_
nudum).
Ward, Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. Snrv., i5th:37i, r895 (nOmen
nudum).
Berry, Rept. State Geol. (N. J.) for I9o5: I38, i9o6 ; Bull
Torrey Club, vol. 33:I8o, i9o6; Ibid., vol. 34; 2o3,
I9o7.
Description.--Leaves lanceolate in outline, 9 em. to I2 cm. in
length by I. 5 cm. to 2 cm. in greatest width, which is in the basal
half of the leaf. Margin entire, somewhat undulate in some
specimens. Apex narrow and produced, acutely pointed. Base
cuneate. Petiole stout, I cm. to 2 era. in length. Midrib stout,
especially in its lower part. Secondaries numerous, branching
from the midrib at an. acute zmgle, reticulate-camptodrome.
This species has little in corr,m_n with the leaves usually-referred
to this genus, except its outline, which is also that of a
great many unallied genera. It is somewhat suggestive of some
of the leaves referred to La_rophyglum, in fact many possible
relationships could be suggested, all of which possess equal elements
of uncertainty, so that it seems wisest to permit Prof.
Newberry's identification to stand after pointing out its inconclusive
nature.
NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY