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Canavalia eofeuica. but 10 Loguiniuosir, 4 L!iuriic(>:r, And 3 Moni- 



Canna pocoriiia. q^-^^ FiftecMi spooios sire poculiiir to this 



Cappariseo.eiii.a. localitv. Thov arc ivfciTod to the <;oucrii 



Caroolithus u'l't'iiadcnsis. • . "in" \ r d r i' 



Can,oUthu.pilo,ar,.„i,le«. Apocynopl.yllu.n, Aral.a, Bunic-ha, ( arpo- 



CanioUtliufi soi.horites. lithus, Cassia, Danx-rgitcs, iMii^i-ma, ^l^ml- 



Cassia gleimi. sops, Myrcia, Nii)a(liU>s, Phyllitc-;. i\w\ Tcr- 



Cassia low-ii. niiiialia. None of llicin arc generic type-; ])c- 



Cassia missLssippit'iisis. ^.^jjj.^j. ^^ ^]j,. i,,,.,,^^ oxccpt Dalhcrijitcs and 



„, • , , • ■• Xina( itcs. A ivfcrciu-c to the tabic ol ilis- 



Chrvsol)alaiuisiuicriiuUi.s. ^>i| .i m. , , i • 



Chrysophylhim (i.-ifolia. tribiitioii shows that 10 oi tlic Grcnaila species, 



Citliarexyloacolifiuiiicuiii. or 17 per cent, appear m the Ackcrnian for- 



DallKTsitcKclliptiiiiciluis. matiou or l)asal Wih'ox, and that 'A'.i sjjccics, 



Dalbei-ites ovatus. ^j, -^ ,,,,|^, ,,|,j, ,.„„,in()n to the I'urvcar 



Dilleiiitos tetracoraldlia. -i i-, 



Dillenites t«xonsis. locality. 



Diyophyllum ].uiyeai(Mi.si8. OXFORD, I.AI'AVETTE COCXTY. 

 Dryophyllum touut'sst'ousis. 



Engclliardtia ottiusshauseui. rp^^^ scc^tious ill and around Oxford are of 



Fu°usmon<Kl,.n. especud interest not only bccaus(> of the fossil 



FicuK imryearensis. plants they contain but particularly since the 



Fraxiiiusjoliiistrui)!. so-callcd Lafayette formation was named from 



Gleditsiopliyllum ccii'ouunim. Lafayette (Vnintv, Miss., and the railroad cuts 



Juglaus«dunii)cri. ^^ Oxford wer(> considered the tvpe section of 



-,.,„., ... , . this formation bv IIi!u;ard, ballord. Smith, and 



Mem))livl!()ules eltingshaasem. • , n • i 



MespilodaplHie coligmtica. McG(>(^' There are no deep wells in the county 



Metopium wilcoxianum. which would serve to givn^ the distance above 



Mimosites varialnlis. ^l^e l)ase of the Wilcox, but a rough estimate 



MimuEops nussis.sipi.ion,sis. ^1^^,^^,^ -^ ^^ |,^, inHweeu ;]00 and .S.')0 feet. The 



Myrcia lieutciuensis. ,. , , , , ,. , , tit-i r ,, , 



,/ . , . littoral character of the Wilcox sediments at 



MvTria greiiadeusis. • ,, , • i /• i i 



M>Tka wilfoxonsis. this horizon IS well shown ui the lew selected 



Nectaudra lancifolia. sections that follow. (See PI. IV, 5.) 

 Nectaudra pseudocoriacea. 



Nipaditee burtiui aml)onatua. Section east of nnnoii Cmtral liailroad, one-half mile north 



Oreodaplme ol)tusil-c)lia, of depot ol Oxford. ^_^^^ 



Phyllites wilcoxeiisis. j 2,.^^^^ j.^.^^^ 1_ 2 



Planera creuata ( ?) . 2. Rather noarso Ijrou-a stratified sand -1- G 



Proteoidas wilcoxensis. g^jj^ Springs sand : 



Ptens pseudopuuuetormis. 3 q,.^^, ^^ ^,,1,;,^ s^iiipcous clay masses oi greater 



Khamnus cleburui. ^^ ^^^ s\z<i, carrying easts of Unio and 



Ehamnus coushatta. abundant leaf impressions 0-5 



Salxilites grayanus. 4^ Stratified orange sand 2-3 



Sapindus formosus. 5 j g^g ^f „,.g^y siliceous clay, with j.oorly pre- 



Sapindus mississippiensis. sexveA leaf impressions 0-4 



Sapindus oxfordensis. ^ g Coarse Ijrown cross-bedded sands seinirated 



Sophora ^rilcox^ana. " t^^. ferruginous indurated bands 1 inch to 



StercuUa puryearensis. 3" inches in thickness, rei)laced horizon- 



Terminalla wilroxiana. tally by pinkishorgrayish-bul'f (inersands. 10-12 

 TernstroBmites lanceolatus. 



Ternstroemites ovaius. This section is at or near the exact outcro]) 



This list represents the largest Wilcox flora t'tat was the basis for the dra^ung of the ''cut 

 from any smgle localitv except that at Pur- '^^ Oxford" figured by Ililgar, on page 6 o 

 vear, Tenn. It includes no gvnmosperms. las ''Report on the geology ami agrn-ulture of 

 There are 1 leaf-spot ftntgus, 2 ferns, 4 mono- Mississippi and reproduced by McGee in his 



cotvledons, and ."jG dicotvlciloiis. There are icerry, E.\v.,Joiir. r.eoioK.v, vol. la, pp. 249-256, rigs.i-4,iyii. 



