ROSALES. 241 



very similar oxcopt for its siinilldr so(hIs; Gh- fill spcc-ics, Ti'/n^r/Jrt (/(/iia,'" from the Yprcsiiin of 



dit.sia wcsndl WcIxt,' fron: tho MioccMic of the Talis Basin, which is even smullc^r thuu tlio 



Switzerland and CnTinany, which also lias present Wil(;ox species. 



smaUor seeds; Acacia broucinUirti Watelct,- Occurrence. — Holly Springs sand, Holly 



from the Ypresian of the Paris Basin, which is Springs, MarsliaU County, Miss. (coUeoted by 



similar in size and form and in tho size of tlii^ E. W. Berry). 



seeds, but has more pointed (Mids. Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



GledltsionhiilJum fnicfuonuin is not abundant 



, . / •' f ,, , I-, , Fanuly PAPILIONACE.a;. 

 and is 01113' known irom th(^ one locality at 



HoUy Springs, Miss., where such a variety of ^'""""^ SOPHORA Linne. 



pods have liecn collected. It is referred to the Leaflets inciuilatnal, liluntly pointed at bnth ends, 



form genus GleditsiophyUum rather titan to peticilulai.. Sophora jxd.o/nhifnii,,. 



^ , T n . 1 -11 /,j Leaflets elliptical, approximatelv equilateral: 



anv modern genus. Licallets describcul as tr/c- a ■^ • * * "11 



. •' . f' . Sessile, emarginate at apex and base. 



(lltsiioplii/Iliun eocenicum Berry are very abuii- ' Sophora henn/ensis. 



dant in the deposits of Wilcox age, at Puryear, Slightly emarginate apex, pointed base, long petiolu- 



Tenn., but none of these have been found in late Snphom hnqvmuxi. 



association with these pods. Rounded at both ends, oblong-elliptical. 



^ TT 11 o • 7 Tr II Sophora wilcoxiana. 



Occurrence. — Hollv Sin-mgs sand, lloLlv ^ , , 1 7 7/ ;■ 



. 1 11 /,' n? / 11 11' Somewhat narrowed apex, repand..Sop«orarf/)anrf(/o(ia. 



Springs, Marshall Comity, Miss. (coUcctcd by Conspicuously mucronate Sophora mucronata. 



E. \\ . Berry) . Ovate-elliptical, pointed Sophora puryearensis. 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



Sophora wilcoxiana Berry, n. sp. 



Gleditsiophyllum ENTADAFORMis Berry, n.sp. „, , ,,t ,rTT n , ,., 



•^ ' ' Plate XLVII, figures 1-13. 



Plate LIV, figure 5. t-v • ,• t ■ ^ 1 ■ .^ ^ 



Descnption. — Leaves ]>miiate, racnis stout, 



Description. — Indehisoent pods of large size, and leaflets opposite at intervals of about 1.5 

 oblong-elhptical m outlhie, of a leathery or lig- oentimetei's. Leaflets differ greatly in size, 

 neous coiLsistency, several-seeded. Apex ini'- elUptioal, and nearly equilateral m outline, 

 cjuilaterally and blmitly pomted. Base miss- The apex is broadly rounded, and the base is 

 hig. Seeds large, orbicidar, lenticular. Length broadly romided, or m some specimens broacUy 

 miknowii. Width about 3 oentuncters. Mar- ouneate and shghtly mequilatcral. Length 

 guis nearly parallel, slightly constricted be- ranges from 2 to 6 centimeters, averaging be- 

 tween the seeds. The single specimen shows tween 3 and 4 centimeters. Maximxmi width, 

 traces of jiartitions between the seeds and very which is about midway between the apex and 

 strongly suggests a relationsliip with the genus the base, ranges from 8 miUimeters to 2.5 centi- 

 Entada Adanson (often and perhaps more prop- meters, averaging about 1 .75 centimeters. Mar- 

 crl}' named Lens, a name proposed by Stiokman guis entire, full, and generally ahnost evenly 

 m 1754), which iu the existhig flora has several romided. Apex broadly rounded and generally 

 species known as sea beans or snuffbox sea equilateral; m some specimens almost trun- 

 beans in the strand flora of tropical America cate, in othei-s narrowed somewhat and shghtly 

 and Asia. The}'^ are distributed by ooean cur- meqmlateral, with a tmy mucronate point, 

 rents. Fossil species are rare. Unger de- Base as a nde broadly romided, but like the 

 scribed two species many yeai-s ago, Entada apex ranging from broadly pouited, through 

 polyphemi,^ from Sotzka in Styria, and Entada naiTowly romided, to broad and truncate forms; 

 primogenita* from Radoboj in Croatia. En- some specimens not perceptibly mequilatcral 

 tada primogenita shows considerable resem- but othere distuictly so. Petiolules very small 

 blauce to the present sjx'cies but has simdler and thickened. Midrib very stout and straight, 

 seeds. Watelet described a somewhat doubt- promment on the lower sm-face of the leaflet, 

 ~~z ~ ~7, ,...„, .. TZ 7Z TTTZ foimmg a smaU mucronate point at the apex of 



1 neer, Oswald, Flora tertiaria Helvetiae, vol. 3, p. 108, pi. 133, flgs. 1 i ? -, , . . . , 



55-59, 1859. thc Icaf. Sccoiidaries seven or eigjit, thin, sub- 



„r^'f ?o ';> -^■',°'','^'P"''" "'" "'"""'' '"''"'" "" ^"^'^ ""' ^'"^' P- opposite to alternate pairs, branching from the 



2-lb, pi. CO, figs. 1-3, 181)0. '.' . i ' ^ 



3Unger,Franz,syiiogepiaiiiurumfu.ssiiium,voi.2,p.3ii,pi.ii,fig.23, midrib at aiiglcs of about 45° Or slightly morc, 



1862. 1 



*ldem, pi. 11, ng. 22. 5 Watelet, .\., op. cit., p. 245, pi. 60, fig. 5. 



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