BULLI 
TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB. 
Vol. 24. Lancaster, Pa., July 29, 1897. No. 7. 
A new fossil Monocotyledon from the Yellow Gravel at 
Bridgeton, N, J,* 
By ARTHUR HOLLICK. 
(PLATES 311-313.) 
ANOMALOPHYLLITES BRIDGETONENSIS N. sp. 
Leaf remains consisting of linear, or sub-linear, or broad, par- 
allel-margined fragments, varying from two and one-half inches 
to three-fourths inch in width; the broader fragments gently wavy 
longitudinally and occasionally with a narrow, flattened area, 
parallel with one of the margins; the narrower fragments often 
longitudinally plicated or folded. Median nerves generally well 
defined in the broader fragments, less so, or absent in the narrower 
ones, occasionally with a well-defined parallel nerve on each side, 
or buried between the central folds. Surface smooth or obscurely 
striated longitudinally. Petioles two inches or more in width, 
rounded (semicircular ?) in outline, finely striate longitudinally. 
Formation and locality: Tertiary (Miocene ?), Bridgeton, N. J. 
The fragments figured on the accompanying plates have been 
selected from a large number collected, which undoubtedly repre- 
sent the remains of a monocotyledon, almost certainly belonging 
to the palms. 
The first specimens, found many years ago, were of medium size 
* Other references to the locality or to the fossil may be found in the following 
contributions : 
1. Palaeobotany of the Yellow Gravel at Bridgeton, N. J. Bull. Torrey Bot. 
Club, 19: 330. 1892. 
2. New Species of Leguminous Pods from the Yellow Gravel at Bridgeton, Ny; 
4. ¢., 23: 46. 1896. 
3. A New fossil Grass from Staten Island. /..c., 24: 122. 1897. 
