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

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midrib, from which are given off many fine flexuous, branching
veins. Margins entire, pinnm and pinnules mostly opposite,
plnnules linear, subaeute." Newberry, I896.
The above is Professor Newberry's characterization 04 this
interesting plant, which he refers to the Hepatica:. It is,
obviously, not related to the genus Hausmannia, Dunker, which
has been definately proven to be a fern genus _ of the family
Dipteriaeea:, so that I have ventured to, propose a new generic
name, selected in honor of Prof. Newberry. What its real nature
is, I am at a less to say. It is probably a fern, but as its botanical
affinity remains uncertain, t have placed it among: the Raritan
forms of unknown botanical affinities, since there are no grounds
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for retaining *t in the Hepatica:.
Occurrence.--Woodbridge, South Amboy.
Collectio_s.--N. Y, Botanical Garden.
Genus TRICALYCITES Hollick,
(Bull. Torrey Club, not. 2I, I894, p. 63.)
'I'RICAL¥CITES PAPYRACEUS Hol}iek.
Tricalycl'tes papyraeeus'Holliek, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 21 : 63,
pl. 18o, f, 8, 1894; Ann. N. Y. Acad, Sei., vol. 1I:61,
pl...3, f. 6, 1898; Ibid., 423, pl. 37, f. z, 2; Bull, N. Y.
Bot. Garden, vol. -0:405, pl. 4I, f. 3, 19o2; Mon. U. S.
Geol• Snrv., vol. 5o:1o9, pI. 5, f. 8-12, 19o7; 55th Ann.
Rept. N. Y. State Mus.. 19oI (19o3) p. r5I.
Smith, Geol. Coastal Plain in Ala., 348, 1894.
Newb., FI. Amboy Clays, 132, pl. 46, f. 3o-38, 1896.
Berry, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 31:8I, pl. z, f. 4, 19o4.
Descrlption,--Well defined organisms, apparently dicotyle-
" donous in their affinities and involucral or bracteate in their nature.
They consist of a central nucleus which is usually of small
size, friar is to say, I ram. to ,3 mm. in diameter, borne at the
apex of a stout peduncle or stalk, 2 ram. to 5 ram. in length. To
• Richter, Die Gattung Hausmmmia Dunker, Liepzig, I9o6.
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