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

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228 THE RARITAN FLORA.<br />

and for this reason it has been placed in tide comprehensive formgenus<br />

Phyllites.<br />

Occu_'rence.--South Amboy.<br />

Collections,--U. S. National Museum.<br />

I:)HYLLITE$ UNDULATUS _ewb.<br />

phy[tites undulatus <strong>New</strong>b,, F1, Amboy Clays, I3I, pl. e4, f. to,<br />

I896.<br />

Description.--Leaf large, broadly elliptical in outline, apparently<br />

about 7 cm. in length, by 6 cm. in greatest breadth,<br />

Apex broadly rounded. Base destroyed. Margin pronouncedly<br />

undulate. Venation fine, but distinct, Midrib slender and flexuaus.<br />

Secondaries remote, about five pairs, alternate, branching<br />

at an acute angle, curved, camptodrome.<br />

Tbls species is unfortunately based upon a single specimen,<br />

which lacks <strong>the</strong> basal portion. It is obviously distinct from <strong>the</strong><br />

o<strong>the</strong>r forms known from <strong>the</strong> <strong>Raritan</strong> formation, although it may<br />

possibly be an aberrant leaf <strong>of</strong> Celastrophyllun_ undulatum., <strong>New</strong>b.<br />

Since, however, this cannot be conclusively proven, it is here<br />

retained in <strong>the</strong> ambiguous genus Nhyllites, to wbich it was assigned<br />

by Pr<strong>of</strong>. Nenvberry.<br />

Occurrence.--Woodbridge.<br />

Collections.--N. Y. Botanical Garden.<br />

NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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