OKUA MALES. 



251 



('ontral Railroad 1 mile, south of tlio depot at 

 WicklifFe, Ballard Count v, Kv. (colleeted Ijy 

 E. W. Berry). 



Collectwn. — U. S. National Museum. 



Legumixosites HEMKon.Mis Bowerhauk {'A. 



Leguminositcs rcni/onais. l!uwt'rl)aiik, Ili.slnry '>i the 

 fossil fruits and sced.-i of the London clay, ]>. 13.5, 

 pi. 17, figs. 29, 30, 1840. 



Description. — Small seed, reuiforiu, about 

 twice as long as broad, wilii a smooth testa. 

 A few seeds in (iu' deposits at Puryear are 

 indistinguishable from this species, which was 

 described by Bcnverbank from the ])yriti/.e(l 

 remains in the London clay (Ypresian) of the 

 Isle of Shcppey. 



As remains of this sort present few specific 

 characters the occurrence is c[ueried, although 

 it is not at all unlikely that identical or closely 

 related species of Leguminosa^ with similar 

 seeds flourished in North America and Europe 

 during the early Eocene. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (in beds 

 of Wilcox age), Purj^car, Henry County, Tenn. 

 (coUected by E. W. Berry), 



Collection. — II. S. National Museum. 



Leguminosites subovatus Bowerl)ank (?)■ 

 Legumino.Hli's siiboi-atus. Bowerbanli, IIi.story of the fossil 

 fruits and seeds of the London clay, p. 125, pi. 17, 

 figs. 1, 2, 1840. 



Df.scrijition. — Subovate leguminous seeds 

 about S millimeters in length, 6 millimeters in 

 width, and 4 millimeters in thickness are found 

 at Puryear. Though slightly smaller they are 

 otherwise identical in outline and surface with 

 this species, described by Bowerbank from the 

 Ypresian of the Isle of Sheppey. The Wilco.x 

 identification is cjueried because of the uncer- 

 tainty attending the recognition of specific 

 characters in isolated seeds. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (in beds 

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

 (collected by E. W. Berry). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



Order GERANIALES. 



Family RUTACE/E. 

 Genus FAGARA Linne. 



Fagaka PUiiYEARENSis Berry, n. sp. 



Plate LIV, figure 8. 



Description. — Leaflets l)roadly elliptical in 

 general outline, ape.x aiul base e(|ually rounded. 

 Leno'th about 4 centimeters or sliirlitlv less. 



Maximum width, midway between the apex 

 and liie base, about 3 centimeters or slightly 

 less. Margins entire, eveidy rounded. Te.x- 

 fin-e subc()riac(>ous. Petiohde practically 

 lacking, not more than 1 millimeter in length. 

 Mi<iril) narrow, straight, and pi'omineiil . Sec- 

 onilaries thin but well marked; four or l\\c op- 

 posite to alternate ]iairs diverg(> from the mid- 

 ril) at irregular intervals at wide angles and 

 sweep upward in full, even, sul)parall('l cui'ves, 

 arching campttxhomely subparallel with the 

 margins. Tertiaiies thin, mostly ])ercuri-(Mit. 



This present s|)ecies is readily distinguishable 

 from the other WiJcox sjiecies of Fagara. It 

 resembles somewhat certain forms of Rhamna- 

 cca? and is very close; to Fagara viclcfsh iirt/i' n si s 

 orhiculata, a form of Fagara which is abundant 

 in the deposits of the Vicksburg group, but 

 does not show tlie characteristic punctate 

 markings of that species. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (in })eds of 

 Wilcox age), Puryear, Henry County, Tenn. 

 (coUected'by E. W. Berry). 



Collection. — U. wS. National Museum. 



Fagara eocenica Berry, n. sp. 



Plate LV, figure (i. 



Discription. — Leaves compound. Leaflets 

 small, orbicular or broadly ellijjtical in general 

 outline, as a rule more or less inecjuilateral, apex 

 and base equally rounded. Length about .3.5 

 centiiiieters. Maximum width, midway be- 

 tween the apex and the base, about 2.25 centi- 

 meters. Margins more or less prominently and 

 somewhat irregularly crenate. Texture sub- 

 coriaceous. Petiolule short and relatively very 

 stout, curved, about 2 millimeters in length. 

 Midrib stout, inclined to bo slightly fle.xuous. 

 Secondaries relatively stout, generally five al- 

 ternate, irregularly spaced pairs; they diverge 

 from the midril) at angles of about 50°, are 

 rather straight in their courses at first, though 

 they differ in this feature, curve upward in the 

 marginal region, and are camptodrome. Ter- 

 tiaries obsolete. 



This is a characteristic species clearly allied 

 to the leaflets of the existing Putaceas, particu- 

 larly of the genera Xanthoxylum Limie and 

 Fagara Liime. The former genus consists of 

 about 10 species of shrubs and small trees in 

 the existing flora, distributed between Asia and 

 North America and extending northward in 

 North America as far as Canada. The genus 



