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deposits of Eastern Texas. (Am. Jour. Sei. (IV). XXXVII. 

 p. 403—406. taf. 1—2. 1914.) 



Fruits and seeds from the Catahoula formation (late Eocene or 

 early Oligocene) of southern Trinity County, Texas are described 

 as Phoenicites occidentalis. These constitute the firstknown occurrence 

 of Phoenix-like palms in the western hemisphere. Berry. 



Berry, E. W., The Upper Cretaceous and Eocene Floras 

 of South Carolina and Georgia. (U. S. Geol. Surv. Prof. 

 Paper. LXXXIV. 200 pp. 12 taf. 29 pl. 1914.) 



This contribution consists of three entirely distinct monographs: 

 one of the Upper Cretaceous Flora of South Carolina, a second 

 of the Upper Cretaceous Flora of Georgia, and a third of the 

 Middle Eocene Flora of Georgia. The author has been working on 

 these floras since 1907 and the present reports are in each case 

 the first systematic contributions to the paleobotany of the respec- 

 tive States. The fully illustrated accounts of these floras are in each 

 case accompanied by a discussion of the geology of the deposits, 

 of their correlation, and especial attention is given to their botanical 

 facies and the probable physical conditions indicated. 



The Upper Cretaceous Flora of South Carolina comes from 

 the Middendorf arkose member of Black Creek formation, which 

 represents the initial deposits of the Upper Cretaceous cycle of 

 Sedimentation in that area. The flora coniprises 76 species in 49 

 genera, 36 families, and 26 Orders. It contains 1 Thallophyta, 2 Pte- 

 ridophyta, 14 Gymnospermae, and 59 Atigiospermae , all but 5 of the 

 latter being Dicotyledonae. The largest genus is Ficus with 5 spe- 

 cies, several of which are individually very abundant. The flora is 

 considered to be most like the existing warm-temperate rain-forests. 



The foUowing species are described as new: Acaciaphyllites gre- 

 villoides, Algites americmia, Andronieda eiiphorhiophylloides , Arau- 

 curia darlingtonensis, Calycites middendorf eusis, Celastrophyllum 

 carolinensis , Cynnamomum middendorf eusis, Crotonophyllum pandu- 

 raeformis, Celtis csüifolius, Heteroplepis cretaceus, Illicium wutereen- 

 sis, Leguminosites middendorf ensis, Lycopodium cretaceum, Momisia 

 carolinensis, Fachystima ? cretacea, Potamogeton middendorf ensis, 

 Proteoides parvula, Protophylloclndus lobalus, Quercus siimterensis, 

 Q. pseudowesifalica, Rhus darlingtonensis, Sabalites carolinensis, Salix 

 sloani, Strohilites anceps. 



The following are the conclusions regarding the correlation of 

 the deposits: The eastern Cretaceous floras above the Raritan, possibly 

 including those of the uppermost Raritan, correspond with the 

 western flora usually known as the Dakota flora. The rocks contai- 

 ning them are conformably overlain by deposits carrying a marine 

 fauna but very few fossil plants. There are 23 species of plants 

 common to the South Carolina Cretaceous and the Dakota sand- 

 stone. The Black Creek formation of North Carolina out of a 

 total of 66 species has 20 species in common with the Dakota. 

 The Montana Group flora of the west is entirely unlike those of 

 eastern Cretaceous floras with scarcely a Single dement in common. 

 In Europe there are available for comparison abundant Cenoma- 

 nian floras in Portugal, France, Gcrmany, and especially in 

 southeastern Europa (Bohemia, Moravia, Dalmatia, etc.). The 

 Turonian on the other hand is for the most part lacking in fossil 



