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

ERICALES. 207
Lesq., Cret. F1. 88, pl. 23, f. 6, 7; pl. 2g, f. z5, 1874; Fk
Dakota Group, 115, pl. s9, f. 5; pl. 52, f. 6, 1892.
Smith, Geol. Coastal Plain in Ala., 348, 1894.
Newb., Iq. Amboy Clays, 12o, pl. 3z, f. z-7; pl. 33, f. z, 2,
4, 5, 1896.
t-Iollick, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., vol. Xi_; 4"_o, pL 37, f. 1-4,
1898; U. S. Geol. Surv., Mort. 50: Ioi, pl. 39, f. 2-5,
19o7.
Berry, Bull. N. Y_ Bo*. Garden, vol. 3: 97, pl. 5o, f-, 2-4,
19o3; Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 31: 79, PI. z, f. s, 2,
19o4; Ibid., vol. 33: I8I, 19o6; Ibid., vol. 34:203,
pl. z5, f. _, 19o7.
Prunus ? Parlato.rii Lesq., Amer. J-our. Sci., vol. 46: lO2, 1868.
Leucothoe Parlatorii Schimp., Pal. V6g6t., vol. 3: II, 1874.
Description.--"A foliis lanceolatis, basi attenuati$, integero
rimis, nervo medio valido, transversium striato, sectmdariis subtilissimis,
angulo acuto egredientibus, eamptodi'omis." Heer,
1866.
This species was first described by Prof. Heer, in one of the
earliest published accounts of the Dakota Group flora, and it has
since been fotmd to have a wide _eological and geographical
range.
It is one of the commonest Cenomanian species occurring in
Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, in the west, and from Greenland
to Alabama, in the east. It is as common in the overlyinff
Magothy formation as it is in the Raritan, being' recorded from
Marthas Vineyard, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. It is
also present in the Bladert formation of North Carolina.
The genus A_Mrom_&r of Linn_ has been mnch segregated by
subsequent botanists, and tills is reflected in Schimper's proposal
to refer this species to Le_cotho,e. However, the more general
term has obvious advantages, for the paleobotanist in cases like
the present, where it is well-nigh impossible to segreg.ate these
various Ericaceous gener_ with any deg.ree of accuracy.
O'cc_,rre_we.--Newberry mentions no specific localities, but
says: "Found at iiearly- every locality opened." I have very
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