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

CONIFERALES. 93
Descrlptlom--It seems very desirable that at least the leaves
which are included under Newberry's Pimus sp. should have a
specific names since pine leaves of this type in fascicles of three
occur to the southward in the Coastal Plain, and a definite name
is therefore a necessity for purposes of intelligen,t citation.
Whether the poorly-preserved cones and winged seeds, which
occur in the same beds, are referable to the same species it is impossible
to determine, and since in the overlying Magothy formation
there are two types of leaves of Pin_s, as well as quite
different seeds, I have placed a query after Newberry's figures
of cones and seeds it/ the above citation. Pimps seems to be
confined to the upper part of the Raritan, although leaves, cones
and seeds are common in much older deposits elsewhere, going
back as far as the Jurassic. Leaves are recorded from the
Kome, Kootanie, Trinity and Lakota formation, the Patapsco
formation of Maryland and the Albian of Europe is remarkable
for the large number of Pinus-like cones which it contains, and
Heer has recorded five species from the Atane beds.
Occurrence.--South Amboy.
Collections.--U. S. National Museum, N. Y. Botanical Garden.
Sub-Family
TAXODIE._.
Genus SEQUOIA Eiadl.
(Synop. Conlf., I847, p. 197.)
SEQUOIA REICIt_;NtlACH: (Gein) Heer. 1
Araucarites Reichenbach4 Gein., Charakteristik, hft. 3 : 98, pL 24,
f. 4, i84z.
Cryptowderia primaeva Corda in Reuss, Verst. B6hm. Kreidef.
ab. 2:89, pl. 4o°, f. z-; G 1846.
Sequoia Reichenbachi tleer, FI. Foss. Arct., voI. I :83, pL 43, ["
,zd, 2b, 5G I868; Ibid., voW.3, ab. 2:77, toI, I26,
pl. z2, f. 7c, d; pL 2o, f. _-8; pl. 28, f. 2; pl. 34, f. I;
'pl. 36, f. _r_-g;pl. 37, f. G Z, 1874; Ibid., vol. 6,.ab.
2:52, pl. zS, f. 7, 1882.
Only representative citations, chiefly American, of this widespread and
persistent species are given,
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