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Europoan Ficus jynx Uiijjor, ospcfially tlic 

 forms of tliis species descrihed hy I'^tlinixs- 

 hausen fi-oni I he Olii^oceiie of th(> 'rvrol.' 



It is not an especially coinnioii form in tiie 

 Wilcox flora. A single soniewlial distorte<l 

 leaf collocted hy K. H. Loughridge at lioaz, 

 Ky., was rcfernMl hy Lestpiereux to S(iirbi<Ius 

 falcifolius Alc^xaiider Braiin, a species wide- 

 spread in the European Miocene. It is ])erhaps 

 needless to ucU! that the American foi-m is Mot 

 identical witli tiiat from Eiiro|)e.- Other forms 

 in tlie old colleciions from Wicklifl'e were iden- 

 tified as SapiiKlus duMiis hy Lesquereux. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (in heds 

 of Wilcox age): Puryear, Henry County, Tenn. 

 (collected hy E. "W.'Berry); WicklifVe," Ballard 

 County, Ky. (coUectod hy R. II. Longhridge); 

 antl Boaz, Graves County, Ky. (collected hy 

 R. II. Longhridge). 



Collections. — L". S. Natioiud Museum. 



Ficrs vAiGii.vNi Berry, n. sp. 



Plates XXXIl, figure 1. XXXIII, figure 1, and XCII, 

 figure 1. 



Description. — Leaves relatively large, irregu- 

 larly elliptical in general outline. Length 

 ahout 15 centimeters. Maximum width, in 

 the hasal half of tlic leaf, 8 to 10 centimeters. 

 Apex hluntly pointed. Base broadly cmieatc 

 or slightly decurrent. Margins entire but very 

 irregularly rnidulate. Texture thin but cori- 

 aceous. The shape of these leaves is varial)le. 

 As a rule the lower lateral margins are fuU and 

 rather evenly rounded; ahout midway to the 

 tip they curve inward on one or both sides to 

 form a roiuided sinus, curving upward to 

 form the apical half of the leaf, whicli is tluis 

 usually narrower than the basal half, giving 

 such leaves a somewhat trilobate appearance. 

 In the leaf from Puryear siiown in Plate 

 XXXII, figure 1, the laniirui is constrict (>d in 

 this manner only on tlie left side. Petiole 

 stout, terete, its length not (h'Icrniinable. 

 Midrii) stout, terete, and vc^rv ])ronunent on 

 tlie lower surface of tlie leaf. Secondaries 

 relatively thin, also very prominent on tiie 

 lower surface of the leaf, six to eight subop- 

 posite to alternate pairs, somewhat irregularly 

 spaced, diverge from the midrib at various 



1 Ettinnshausen, C. van, Die tertiiire Flora von niiring in Tirol, p. 41, 

 pi. 10, riK5. (1, 8, 1835. 



-For illustrations of this F.iiropean species see Ueer, Oswal'l, Flora 

 tertiaria nelvetiie, vol. 3, p. (il, pi. 119; pi. 120, Acs. 2-8; pi. 121, figs. 

 1,2,1859. 



angles, the average for a single leaf heing 

 about 45"; cam|)todroine in t!i(> marginal 

 region. Tertiaries (iiin hut well marixed, 

 cainptoclrome in tlu> marginal region, percur- 

 rciit in tiie usual Ficus fashion interiiallv. 

 .\rcoi;ilion open, (|Ua(h'angular or pentagonal. 



'i'iiis s])ecies is rcpres<'nte(i l)y considerable 

 material, mostly fragmentary, fr-om scattered 

 localities. It represents, however, a character- 

 istic form, readily recognized by its ii-rcgularly 

 unduhit(> margins and variabl(> outline, geiierallv 

 more or less constricteii, eiiougii to be differ- 

 entiated into apical and l)asal halves. 



It reseml)les the form from Cross Pi.uon 

 identified as Ficus planicostata LesquiM-eux. 

 hut I think tiie two are perfectly distinct. 



It is named for T. W. Vauglian, wiio col- 

 lected it in eastern Texas more than a score of 

 years ago. It is also represented in the nuiseum 

 collections by a specimen (No. 8(305) collected 

 by Prof. John C. Brainier in northeastern 

 Arkansas in 18S9. Tlie recently collected 

 material comes from Puryear, Tenn., where 

 the species is fairly common and from the rail- 

 road cut at Oxford, Miss., where all the plant 

 remains are very much macerated. A single 

 small form from Wilson County, Tex., is some- 

 what doubtfully refeiTed to this species. 



Occurrence. — Wilcox group, Hardys Mill near 

 Gainesville, Greene County, Ai-k. (collected bj- 

 J. C. Branner), and Old Port Caddo Landing, 

 Little Cypress Bayou, Harrison County, Tex. 

 (collected by T. W. Vauglian). HoUy Springs 

 sand, Oxford, Lafayette County, Miss, (col- 

 Iect(^d by E. W. Berry). Lagrange formation 

 (in beds of Wilcox age), Puryear, Henry County, 

 Tenn. (colbn-ted by E. W. Berry). Beds of Wil- 

 cox age, Calaveras Creek, Wilson County, Tex. 

 (collected by Alexander Deussen). 



Collections. — U. S. National Museum. 



FiCl'S EOLIGNITICA BcH-y, U. sp. 

 Plate XXXI, figure 4. 



Description. — Leaves large, elliptical-lanceo- 

 late in general onthiie, texture very coriaceous, 

 and surface polishcMl. Length about 15 centi- 

 meters. Maximum width, in tiie middle part 

 of the leaf, about. 6.25 centimeters. Margins 

 entire, sligiitly irregularly undulate, full, curv- 

 ing to tiie naiTowcnl and ohtusely pointed tip. 

 Basal ])art of tlie leaf fuller than apical part, 

 the margins incurving sligiitly to the some- 

 what decurrent, pointed base. Petiole not 



