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of the leaf. Secondaries thin, numerous ; about 

 25 unequally spaced and indifl'crently opposite 

 to alternate pairs diverge from tiie niichiV) at 

 angles of 60° to 80°, pursue a course that as a 

 rule is but slightly curved, and are abru]itly 

 camptodrome some distance from the margins. 

 Tertiaries very thin but distinct, fomiing irregu- 

 larly sized and shaped finn-, five, and six sided 

 meshes. 



The form, toothed margin, thick niidrili, and 

 thin flat secondaries, abruptly camptodrome 

 weU within the margin, are abundant evi(hMice 

 of the relation of this Eocene species to certain 

 existing and geographically scattered Tern- 

 stranuiaccje. I Imve compared it with all the 

 existing genera, among which I will mention 

 without undertaking detailed comparisons the 

 following: Gordonia. excelsa of the East Indies, 

 HxmocJiarls semiserrata (Cambcssedes) of Bo- 

 Uvia, Pyrenai-ia serrata Blume of Java, Eun/a 

 serrata Blume of Java, and several American 

 tropical species of Fn'ziera Swartz, especially 

 Freziera undulata Swartz of the West Inches, 

 which, however, is smaller. 



Numerous species of this famdy have been 

 described from the European Tertiary and 

 referred to the genera Stuartia, Freziera, 

 Ternstroemia, Saurauja, and the Uke. The 

 present species is also much like a leaf de- 

 scribed by Ettmgshausen from the Bohemian 

 Aquitanian as Ardisia mi/ricoides. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (in beds of 

 Wilcox age), Puryear, Henry County, Tenn. 

 (collected by E. W. Berry). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



TERNSTRCEMrrEs PRECLAiBORNENSis Berry, 

 n. sp. 



Plate LXXVIII, figures 1-4. 



Description. — Leaves differ greatly in size, 

 oblong - ovate in general outlme. Length 

 ranges from 6.5 to 13 centimeters. Maximum 

 width, slightly below the middle of the leaf, 

 ranges from L5 to 3.5 centimeters. Apex vari- 

 able, either narrowed and bluntly pomted or 

 elongated as a narrow or bluntly pointed 

 acumen. Base rounded, or the rounded basal 

 lateral margins may be more or less decurrent 

 on the petiole. Petiole stout, its fuU length 

 not preserved. Midrib stout, slightly curved, 

 becoming attenuated in the acumen when one 

 is developed, prominent on the lower surface 

 of the leaf. Secondaries relatively thin, not 



prominent; about 15 opposite to alternate 

 pairs diverge from the midrib at angles of about 

 80° and pursue a nearly straight couree out- 

 ward until they turn abruptly upward to form 

 camptodrome arches a considerable distance 

 within the margins. Tertiaries mostly obso- 

 lete; a few fine, nearly straight, percurrent ones 

 wer(> seen. Margins more or less prominently 

 crenate, the teeth becoming flattened to undu- 

 lations toward the apex and nearly straight in 

 the acumen when one is developed; they also 

 become obsolete in the basal part of the leaf. 

 Texture subcoriaceous. 



This species is clearly distinct from the larger 

 and serrate-toothed Terristrcemites eoligniticus 

 Berry of the Wilcox flora. It is, however, simi- 

 lar and probably ancestral to Temstrmnites 

 claibornensis Berry, found in the Yegua ("Cock- 

 field") formation of the Claiborne group, 

 although it attains a larger size and is relatively 

 somewhat wider, has fewer and more prominent 

 secondaries, and is without the minute areola- 

 tion of the Yegua species. Many specimens 

 are shghtly inequdateral. It is common in the 

 clays at Puryear, Temi. 



Both this and the associated species of 

 TernstrcEmites show many points of similarity 

 to some of the Upper Cretaceous leaves com- 

 monly referred to the form genus Celastro- 

 phyUum. For example, Celastrophyllum gran- 

 difolium NewbeiTy ' of the Raritan formation 

 m New Jersej' is almost certainly referable to 

 the Ternstroemiacew and very probably ances- 

 tral to Temstroemites preclaibomensis Berry. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (in beds of 

 Wdcox age), Puryear, Henry County, Tenn. 

 (collected by E. W. Berry). Wilcox group, 1 J 

 miles northeast of Mansfield, De Soto Parish, 

 La. (collected by G. C. Matson and O. B. 

 Hopkins). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



Ternstrcemites ovatus Berry, n. sp. 



Plate LXXVII, figures 2-4. 



Description. — Leaves medium sized, ovate in 

 general outlme, apex blvmtly pointed and the 

 base gradually narrowed and much decurrent. 

 Length ranges from 13 to 17 centimeters. 

 Maxunum width, in the middle part of the 

 loaf, ranges from 3 to 4 centimeters. Marguis 

 entu-e at the extreme base, above which tiiey 



'Newberry, J. S., The flora of the Amboy clays, p. 104, pi. 19, fig. 8; pi. 

 21, flgs. 1-4, 1S<J6. 



