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The (jonus Motopiuni in ilu- existing floni Tiic form uiid vcnjition are suggestive of ccr- 



coiitiUMs two species of the coustiil region of tain genera of tlie Apoeynaeea^, but on the 



soutliern jieninsular Florida and the West whok^ are more like certain modern forms of 



Indies. AnacardiaeeiP. It is a much more elongated 



Occurrence. — Grenada formation, Grenada, and falcate form than the Wilcox species 



Grenada County, Miss, (collei'ted by E. N. Anacardttes marsliaUensis Bi'vry. 



Lowe and E. W. Berry). Lagrange formation Occurrence. — Lagrange foi-mation (in beds of 



(hi beds of Wilcox age), Puryear, Heiuy Wilcox age), Puryear, H(^nry ('<mnty, Tenn. 



County, Tenn. (collected by E. W. Berry), (collected l)y E. W. Berry). 



Wilcox group, Old Port Caddo Landing, Little Collecfion. — U. S. National Museum. 



Cypress Bayou, Harrison County, Tex. (col- 



1 1 T TT^'i^^^' 1 > ' Anacardites marshallensis Berry, n. sp. 



lected by f. W. \ aughan). ■ '- 



Collections. — U. S. National Museum. Plate LVIII, fifjure (i. 



Genus ANACARDITES Saporta. Description. — Leaflets oblong-lanceolate and 



,, , ^ , j; ■ „ slightly falcate in outline, somewhat narrowed 



Leaves small, obovato Andairdilrx minor. ," i i i i 



Leaves short and broad: distad, the apex and tlie l)ase about equally and 



Small, ovate Anacardites metopifolia. bluntly pointed. Lengtii al)Out 6 centimeters. 



Larger, ellii)tical Anacardites purycarensis. Maximum width, shglltlv })el(ny the middle, 



Leaves elongated, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate: .^|,,,^,^ j q centimeters? Margins entire, slightly 



Margins serrate Anacarddcs serratns. ■ i ,i i i , t j- i i 



,, ". ,. and shortly undulate. Leat substance very 



ilargins entire: • •' 



Lanceolate with ascending secondaries, thick and coriaceous. Midrib very stout and 



Anacardites grcviUeafolius. curved, prominent on the lower surface of the 



Linear-lanceolate with laterally directed second- leaflet. Secondaries stout, numerous, about 



^^'^'^'- 20, indifTerentlv opposite to alternate pairs; 



Relatively short and bluntly pointed, nearly ,, ,. „ ' ., • i -i ^ • i i 



., / , , ;., , „ . they diverge irom the midrib at wule angles, 



equilateral Anacardites marshallensis. i ■ • i /• -n- 



Elongated, acuminate, falcate, very ine.|ui- approaching 90 , at intervals of 2. .5 to 4 nillll- 



lateral Anacardites falcatiis. meters, curving slightly, and arching in a camp- 



todrome maimer close to the lateral margins. 

 Anacardites falcatus Berry, n. sp. Tertiary venation distinct, of numerous trans- 

 Plate LIX, figure 6. vcrse and but slightly curved nervilles with 



r, ... T n . 1 .1- 1 cross branches, forming smaU fiuadrangular or 



Description. — Leaflets elongate, linear-lance- , , , ° ' ° 



, , f , , 1 „ 1 1 xi ■ pentagonal meshes, 



olate, lalcate, gradually narrowed both proxi- ™, . , ,. , , , ii ^ i n ^ i ^i 



, , li 1 X .i" 11 1 ^1 this relatively short, blunt leaflet has the 



mad and distad to the equally and acutely , , ■ .■ c' i .• <■ 



. ^ , ,1 ■»! 1 li • 1 , "i characteristic form and venation of numerous 

 pointed apex and base. Markedly inequilateral , . ,. y, . ,., ,, 

 . ,,. '^ T .1 1 , .«' .• . modern Anacardiacese. It is readily separable 

 m outlme. Length about 10 centimeters. „ ,, ^^ .„.., . %^, * , ., 

 ,, . 1,1 1 1 ., Ill 1 . , „ from the other Wilcox species, although it 

 Maximum W'ldth, below the midtUe, about L6 ,, , , /i . t. ^-i 

 . ^ Tir • ,• 1- 1 ,1 • 1 resembles somewhat remotely Anacardites fai- 

 centimeters. Margins entire, slightly irregular. , ti t^ ■ ^ 'i i j-^ ' 

 „ , . ATI 1 . "^ 1 ra<?/s Berry. It is a type easily and often con- 

 texture coriaceous. Midrib stout, curved, . , .: ^, .„ , j. Z , ,. , 



,, , J, »- ' , ,. / fused W'lth the wiilow-leated and live oaks, 



prominent on the lower surtace of the leallet. , • , -^ 1 1 • i 



i, 1 • ^ ^ • ^ ^11 which it resembles m a general way. 



Secondaries stout, prominent on the lower „ tt n o • ' i tt n 



J. , 11 1 1- ■ p Occurrence. — Holly Springs sand, Holly 



surlace, numerous, subparaUel, diverging from „ . ,^ i n ri z a? / h . i i_ 



^, • 1 -1 . • 1 1 1 1 Springs, Marshall County, Miss, (collected by 



the midrib at wide angles, commonly as much ' „j ' -^ 



as 90°, at intervals of about 2 mUlimetei-s, V. 77 ,• tt o -kt .- 1 -.^r 



,. , ,, , . , ... CoUection. — U. S. National Museum, 

 curving slightly, anastomosing ami arching in 



the marginal region. Tertiaries stout, sub- Anacardites puryearensis Berry, n. sp. 



parallel with the adjacent secondaries, to 



1 ■ 1 .1 1. ,1 1 i i i Plato LVIL figure 6. 

 which they alternately send stout transverse 



nerviUes. Description. — Leaves relatively short and 



These leaflets are of a distinctive character broad, elliptical and somewhat iner[uilateral in 



and markeiUy inequilateral, especially proxi- general outline, the apex broadly rounded and 



mad, as shown by the specimen figured. The the base broad, slightly decurrent. Length 



tip is recurved and more nearly equilateral, about 6 centimeters. Maximum width, above 



