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tluui 1 iniUiiiu'tiT in k'liglh, so that the Icalk-ts 

 are practically sessile. Midrih stout and 

 curved, i)r()niin('iit on the lower surface of the 

 leaflets. Secoutlaries tliiii, largely iminersiHl 

 in the leaf substance; five or six subopposile 

 pairs diverije from tlie midrib at an<rles of about 

 50°, curving u|)\vard and caniptoilronie in tiie 

 marginal region. Tertiarios obsolete l)y im- 

 mersion in the leaf substance. 



Tiiis foi in clearly rejiresents a Wilcox species 

 of tiie genus Sinnirvd)a (or Siniarouba as it is 

 often spelled, tlie Carib nanu- of one of the 

 species). Tlie genus contains a f(>\v existing 

 species, confined to tropical America and (Us- 

 tril)ute(l from southern peninsular Florithi 

 througli tlie West Indies to Guatemala and 

 Brazil. The fossil species is very close to 

 Sunaruha f/lduca De CandoUe, tlie paradise 

 tree or bitterwood. wliich is the (udy species 

 that readies Kloiida from the West Indies. It 

 is a tree of consideral)le size and lives near the 

 coast througiiout tlie West Indies, and also in 

 Nicaragua and nortliern Brazil. Tlie fossil 

 may also V)e compared with tlie existing Sim- 

 aruhii iiJfieinaU.s De CandoUe. It also resem- 

 bles some of the existing and fossil species of 

 the PapilionacciE, such as Dalbergia; the 

 Rhamnaceie, such as Reynosia, and the Sapo- 

 tacese, such as Bumelia. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (in beds of 

 Wilcox age), Puryear, Henry County, Tenn. 

 (collected by E. W. Berry). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



Family MELIACE^;. 

 Genus CARAPA Aublet. 



Carapa eolignitica Berry, n. sp. 



Plates LV, figure 4, and LX, figure 4. 



Description. — Leaves digitatcly compound. 

 Leaflets large, elongate-eUiptical in outline. 

 Length ranges from 12 to 20 C(>ntimeters. 

 Maximum width, at a pouit midway between 

 the apex and base, ranges from 3.5 to 5.5 centi- 

 meters. Margins sliglitly undulate. Texture 

 coriaceous. Apex narrowly rounded. Base a 

 counterpart of the apex or slightly broader. 

 Mi<lrib stout, slightly flcxuous. Secondaries 

 stout, numerous, subparallel, scimewhat irregu- 

 larly spaced, about 13 alternate pairs; they 

 diverge from the midrib at wide angles, curve 

 regularly upward, and are camptodrouK? paral- 

 li'l willi tlie margins and close to tiiem. Ter- 



tiaries mostly obsolete: where seen they are 

 thin and per<'urrent. 



Tins sti-iking form resembles existing s]>ecies 

 in se\erul families. It suggests some Cond)re- 

 tacea> and numerous Magnoliacea", such as Mag- 

 iioUa J'attida Sargent, of our Southern States. 

 .Vniong recent forms with which it has been 

 compared it is most similar to Carapa guianen- 

 k'is Aublet, an inhalntant of the West Indies 

 and tropical South America (Venezuela, Gui- 

 ana, and Brazil). The genus Carapa has not, 

 so far as I know, been previously recorded in 

 tiie fossil state. In the existing flora it com- 

 ])rises only 4 or 5 species, which are conlinetl to 

 tropical America and tropical western Africa.' 



The jiresent species has oidy been observed 

 ill my collections from one locality, where it is 

 not abundant. It is contained in collections 

 made by Loughridge at Wicklill'e, Ky., and 

 labeled Sapindus cluhius. It was also collected 

 at that locality by Glenn. 



Occurrence. — Lagi'ange formation (in beds of 

 Wilcox age), Puryear, Henry County, Tenn. 

 (collected by E. W. Berry), and WicklifTc, Bal- 

 lard County, Ky. (collected by R. H. Lough- 

 ridge and L. C. Glenn). 



Colhction. — U. S. National Museum. 



Genus CEDRELA Linne. 



Cedrel.\ wilcoxiana Berry, n. sp. 



Plate L VI, figure 1. 



Description. — Leaflets small, lanceolate in 

 outline, the apex narrowed and acute, and tlu^ 

 base slightly less narrowed and acute. Length 

 about 2.2 centimeters. Maximum width, in 

 the middle part of the leaf, about 6 millimeters. 

 Marguis entire. Leaf substance thick. Tex- 

 ture coriaceous. Petiolule short and stout, 

 curved, about 2 millimeters in length. Mid- 

 rib stout, channeled on the upper surface, and 

 l)romiiient on the under surface of the leaflet. 

 Secondaries thin, unmersed in the leaf sub- 

 stance, seven or eight opposite to alternate 

 pau-s, in-cgularly spaced, the angles of diver- 

 gence generally wide, th(i coin-se at first 

 straight, cm-ving abruptly in the marginal re- 

 gion to form broad cam])to(lrome arches, sub- 

 parallel with the margins. 



This species is the smallest of the three 

 ■species of Cedrela that have been recognized in 



' The oriental mangrove, Carapa obovatu Uliimc, and the boach plant, 

 Carapa molucctusif Lamarck, are referred by Harms to the allied genus 

 Xylocarpus Koenig. 



