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

FILICALES. 73
Descriptio_.--"O. spica fertili elongata, sporangiis distichis,
ovalibus granulatis, I_ ram. longls." Heer, i883.
This species described originally by Professor Heer from the
Patoot beds of Greenland and compared with the fertile frond
of Ophioglossum vulgatu_.'has been founcl in considerable numbers
in the Raritan clays, although Professor Newberry failed
to indicate the exact localities. There can be no question of the
identity of the Greenland and the New Jersey material. The
reference to Ophioglossum is not so conclusive, and many
students will echo Newberry's supposition that these remains are
those of staminate cones of some species of conifer. Since no
new light can be shed on their systematic position, they are retained
where Heer and Newberry placed them.
Occurrence.--Locality unknown.
NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY