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

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208 THE RARITAN FLORA.<br />

• good specimens from Milltown, six in all, one <strong>of</strong> which is a<br />

replica <strong>of</strong> <strong>New</strong>berry's specimen shown on pl. 31, fig. <strong>3.</strong> Also<br />

found at <strong>the</strong> Hylton _its.<br />

Collections.--U. S. National Museum, N. Y. Botanical Garden.<br />

Order PRIMULALES.<br />

Family<br />

MYRSINACE_.<br />

Genus MYRSIN£ Linn6.<br />

(Sp. PI., 1753, p.-i96.)<br />

/V[YRSlNE BOREALIS Heer.<br />

Myrsine borealis H'eer, F1. Foss. Arct., vol. 3, ab. 2:113, pl. 32,<br />

f. 23, _874; INd., vol. 6, ab. 2:8i, pl. 24, f. 7b, '8, pl.<br />

e7, f. Ib; p[. 44, f. 5a'; pl. 46, f. x9, so, I882.<br />

White, Amer. Jonr. S:ci., vol., 39:98, pI. z, f. 5, 189°.<br />

Smith, Geol. Coastal Plain in Ala., 348, I894.<br />

<strong>New</strong>b., F1. Amboy Clays, I22, pl. 24, f. 4--6, 1896.<br />

ttollick, Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., vol., 7: 13, I895; Mort.<br />

U,. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 50: io2, pl. 39, f. xo, zL 19o7.<br />

Diospyroa rotgndifolia Hollick, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 21 : 53,<br />

pl. z?9, f. 2, i894.<br />

Descriptio_._"M. foliis Gratis (.?), integerrimis, nervis<br />

seetmdariis nttmerosis, approximatis, r_imosis, camptodromis."<br />

Heer, 5874.<br />

Leaves ovate-elliptical iN outline, obtusely rounded above and<br />

slightly cuneate below, 2:5 era. to 5 cm. in length, by 1.2 cm. to 3<br />

cm. in width, with a stbut petiole about I cm. in length. Margins<br />

entire. Texture coriaeeous, more or less obseui'ing <strong>the</strong> venation.<br />

Midrib stout. Secondaries mediumly stout, 5 to 8 alternate pairs,<br />

parallel, branching from <strong>the</strong>'midrib at an acute angle, eamptodrotrm.<br />

Tertiaries fine, forming an inosculating series 0f elongated<br />

meshes rAore or less parallel with <strong>the</strong> secondaries. In specimens<br />

in .which tl-/e tei:tiary venation is. visible <strong>the</strong> appearance is very<br />

NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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