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

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ClassALGAl:.
Genus CHONDRITES Sternberg.
(F1. d. Vorw., vol. ii, I833, p. 75.)
CHONDRITES
FLEXUOSUS Newb.
Chondrites flexllosus Newb., FI. Amboy Clays, 34, pt. L f. z,
4, I896. Berry, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gardens, vol: 3: ioo,
I9o3 (?),
Description.--_The remains so-named by Professor Newberry
consist of rather indefinite ramifying vegetable fibers supposedly
algal in their nature, but poorly defined and of uncertain biolbgical
significance. They are strictly comparable with similar remains
described from abroad and so named from their resemblance
to the modern genus Chondric_ Harvey of the Rhodomelaceae.
Schimper 1 forty years ago listed eleven European species,
mostly Tertiary in age. A number of additional species have
been described since that time, including one from the Magothy
formation 2 which is very similar to a Lower Senonian species of
W..estphalia. Most of these species are, however, poorly preserved,
and vague in their affinities.
Occurrence.---Woodbridge, Sayreville.
Collections.--N. Y. Botanical Garden.
• Pal. V_g_t. t. I, I86_ p. IM-
' Berry, Amer. Nat., vol. xxxvii, I9o3, p. 677, fig. 9.
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