WILCOX GROUP. 27 



Hollick. Present work. 



Poacites sp. Ilollick Poacites sp. 



Cyperites sp. Jlollick Cyperites sp. 



Ficus planicostata I-e.s<|Uereiix Ficus jjlanicostata maxima. 



Cinnamomum schouchzeri Iloer ? Cinnamomum postuewberryi. 



Ilex sp. Hollick Ilex sp. 



From a gray sandstone, similar to that at Campbell's quarry oti Cross Bayou, exposed in a 

 cut oil the Kansas City Soutliern Kailway (Kansas City, Pittsburg ct Gulf Kailroad), 1 mile west 

 of Shreveport, tlie Inllowing speeies was identified: 



Hi'llii'k- Pre.sent work. 



Sapindus anfiiist ifolius I.osqucreux Sapindu.s mississippiensis. 



At this time Harris and N'eatch were still in F. 11. Kimwlton,- who I'lirnislied the following 

 doubt regarduig tlu^ exact age of these outerops lists of determinations: 



and were inclined to consider them "Low.-r The present r„lle.-ti„„ embraces fossils fr,„u tour lo.ali- 



Claibornc. IloUiek matle no determination of ties, as follows: 



their age beyond the opinion tliat tliey were l. Columbus, Ky. This material, a white sandy clay, 



early Tertiary. contains two species of Quercus and apparently a single 



In 1906 L.'C. Glenn published a paper on the P*;"®' f ^.^•^f' """'^/'f them, so far as I can make out, 



, , ^ J. m IT' beuig identical wath the forms mentioned by Lesquereux 



underground waters of Tennessee and Ken- ,.,,„„ j^;^ ,,,^.^^1;,^ p„,bably a more extended search 



tucky west of Tennessee River ' which con- among li%-ing species would .show affinities with these, but 

 tained valuable contributions to tlie geology of this I have not been able to give at this time.' 

 that region. During the progress of the field ''■ nickman. Ky. This is also a sandy clay, and em- 

 work for this report several plant localities were '"■^'''^ "''''''" 'T'" r •"'°]'' ^"'"'l TY:"" Salix? and Meni- 

 ,. 1 ^1 ^ 1 • -111 1 svermum canadense Lmne and the balance a compound 

 discovered that have since yielded a large le^f of what appears to be J'ecoma m&an. Linn6 or some- 

 amount of important material. Small collec- thing near it.' 



tions of fossil plants were made from four locali- 3. Wickliffe, Ky. The largest and best lot, affording 



ties, only two of which prove to be of Wilcox lie following forms: 

 age. These received a preliminary study by 



ICnowlton. Present work. 



Salix angusta Alexander Bravin Sapindus linearifolius. 



SaUx sp Sapindus linearifolius. 



Quercus saffordi Lesquereux Banksia saffordi. 



Quercus neriifolia Alexander Braun Bank.sia saffordi. 



Quercus moorii Lesquereux Dryophyllum moorii. 



Quercus n. sp Dryophyllum tennesseensis. 



Myrica copeana Lesquereux Cupanites loughridgii. 



Eucalyptus n. sp Sapindus eoligniticus. 



Sapindus angustifolius Lesquereux Sapindus formosus. 



Sapindus dubius? Linger Sapindus formosus. 



4. Near Grand Junction, Tenn. The same kind of material as the last, containing the following: 



ICnowlton. Present work. 



Monocotyledonous plant (fragments) Sabalites sp. 



Salix angusta Alexander Braun Myrcia bentonensis. 



Quercus (2 species) Banksia saffordi. 



Juglans saffordiana? Lesquereux Cassia glenni. 



Sapindus angustifolia? Lesquereux Myrcia bentonensis. 



Sapindus sp (?). 



Cinnamomum? sp Melastomiles americanus 



Ceanothus meigsii Lesquereux Zizyphus meigsii. 



Acacia sp. (nov. ?) Mimosites variabilis. 



1 Glenn, L. C, U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 164, IDIMJ. 

 'Knowlton, F. H., in Olenn, L. C, op. cit,, pp. 38, 39. 



" These outcrops have recently been shown to be of early Pleistoame age. SccHerry,E. W.,U. S. Nat.Mus Proc.,vol.4s,pp. 293-30:S,pls.l2, 

 13, 1915. 



