SAPINDAI.ES. 



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cxamplo, f'llastrufi i^oaticufi L'ii<z;("r ' uiul Ctlns- 

 trun siilendidus Sapdrtu.- 



Occurrence. — Holly Spiin^s sand. Early 

 Grove, Marshall County. Miss, (collected by 

 E. W. Berry"). La<jran<j;e formation (in l)e<ls of 

 ^\'iIeox age), 11 miles west of (irand Junction, 

 in l'"avette County. Tenn. (collected by E. W. 

 lierry"). 



Collections. — U. S. National Museum. 



CeLASTKI'S VKATCIII lloUick. 



Pliit.- I.XI, li.i;ure2. 



Celastrus vcatrhi. ]lnllick. in Harris, G. I'., uiid \'oateh, 

 -V. ('.. .\ preliminary report on thogcolduy of Louisi- 

 ana, p. 2S5, pi. 43, ifig.s. 4, ."), l.KI)!). 



Description. — IloUick's description, inib- 

 lished in 1S99, is as follows: 



Leaf about 3 inches long by 1| inches broad in the 

 middle, elliptical in outline, taperin>; about ec(ually to 

 Ijase and ajiex, obtusely or cronately toothed or the lower 

 jiortion merely wavy, with a Idunt tip at the apex ; midrili 

 strong and straight; secondary nervation well defined, 

 curving upward, becoming brochidodromc or subcampto- 

 drome though the tertiary nervation, with tine nervilles 

 extending to the teeth and margin. 



This species was compared by llollick with 

 ElsEocarpus europseus Ettingshausen of the 

 European Tertiary. It is, however, more like 

 Elaodendron degener (Unger) Ettingshausen^ 

 of the European Oligocene and not greatly 

 unlike some of the leaves of the Fort Union 

 Eluodendron pohjinorphum Ward.^ It may 

 also be compared with certain ancient and 

 moderiT forms of Ternstra;miaeea\ Exc(>pt 

 for its slightly larger size and crenate instead 

 of serrate teeth it is exactly like the two wide- 

 spread European Aciuitauian species Celnsirux 

 persei Unger ^ and Celastrus andromedx Unger." 



Occurrence. — Wilcox group, one-fourth of a 

 mile above Coushatta, Red River Parish, La. 

 (collected by A. C. Veatch). Bed of Mobley 

 Creek, 4 miles southwest of Trenton, Gibson 

 County, Tenn. (collected ])y Bruce Wade). 

 IIoU}' Springs sanil, Early Grove, Marshall 

 County, Miss, (collected by E. W. Borr^O- 



I t'nger, Franz, Sylloge plantarum fossilium, vol. 2, p. 7, pi. 2, figs. 2, 

 3, 1862. 



^Saporta, G. de, Etudes sur la vdg(!tation dii sud-est de la Friuico k 

 iVpoque tertiairc, vol. 2, p. 12S, pi. 8, fig. 2, ISfiil. 



3 Ettingsliau.son, (*. von, Die fossilo Flora des 'rertiilr-Becken.^ von 

 Bilin, pt. 3, p. 37, pi. -lO, figs. 5, 7-10, 1S69. 



' Ward, I.. F., r . S. Ceol. Survey Bull. 37, p. S4, pi. 3K, figs. 1-7, 1KS7. 



5Etting.shauscn, C. von, Die fossile Flora von Sagor in Krain, pt. 2, p. 

 31, pi. If., fig. 1,1877. 



6 Unger, Franz, Die fo.ssile Flora von Sotzka, p. i'7, pi. 30, figs. 2-1, 7 

 1S50. 



Collectiovs. — V. S. Xatioiial Mus(miiii; .\ew 

 York Botanictil (iardeu. 



Ci:i..\sri!is 'lAiiMNF.N.sis Ward. 



Plate LX. liu'urcK 1-:!. 



('(/iistnis tiiiirincnsis. Ward, L'. S. (Icol. Survey Hull. :>?, 

 p. 79, 1)1. 34, fig.s. 5, G, 1887. 

 IloUick. in Harris, fi. I)., and Veatch, A. ('., X \)rQ- 

 liminary report on the geology of Louisiana, p. 285, 

 pi. 4(j, tig. 1. 18!m. 



Description. — Wtu'd's description in 1SS7 is 

 as follows: 



Leaves rather thin, large (7 centimeters wide, 12 centi- 

 meters long), oblong, slightly heart-shaped, pointed, 

 sharply and coarsely serrate to near the base; nervation 

 pinnate, craspedodrome; midrib rather thin, slightly 

 curved, thickened at tlie nodes; secondary nerves !) to 11 

 on eacli side, alternate to siibopposite, curving ujiward, 

 forking or branchiitg, occasionally arching and supplying 

 short veinlets to the teeth, lowest pair thin, basilar, and 

 mostly simple; nervilles more or less curved, percurrent 

 or mcjre coramcjnly forked, joining the secondaries at right 

 angles. 



iVlthough the venation of this species is that 

 of the Celastracete, its original describer 

 expresses doubt r<'garding its i-elationship with 

 Celastrus, and suggests that it may be referable^ 

 to Grewiopsis or Pterospermites. I fidly share 

 those doubts, and if I were decribing it anew 

 would be inclined to refer it to Grewiopsis, a 

 genus represented by several similar species in 

 the early Eocene of the Rocky Mountain prov- 

 ince. The type area for this species is the Fort 

 I^nion forniiition of Montana, where it is not 

 uncommon. It a])peai's to have been a rtire 

 eleiFituit in th<^ Wilcox flora. 



Occurrence. — Wilcox group, one-fourth mile 

 above Cotishatta, Red River Parish, La. (col- 

 lected by G. D. Harris). 



Collections. — Types in U. S. National Museum ; 

 Louisiana specimens in New York Botiinical 

 Gtirdeii. 



Genus EUONYMUS Linng. 



EuoNYMUs SPLENDENS Bcriy, n. sp. 



Plates LXI, figure (>, and I.XI I, figures 1 .'). 



Description. — Leaves of variable size, liroiuUy 

 ovate-lanceolate in outline, the V)ase broadly 

 cuneate, trunciteor i-ounded, somewhat iiie(|ui- 

 liiteral, minutely decurrent. Length rtinges 

 from 6 to 25 centimeters, averaging about 15 

 centimeters. Maximum width 2.S to 9.5 cen- 

 timeters, averaging about 5.5 centimeters at a 

 point slightly below the middle of the leaf. 



