MVRTALES. 



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Tekmixama iiit.oakdiaxa (Tji'squcrcux) Rcrry. 

 I'UUe XCII, (isruiv 2. 



Magnolia IlUgardiana. Lesquereux, in Owon, D. P., 



Second n'].)oi't uf a gooloiiiral roconimissniu'O nf 



the middle and southern (■otinlics of Arkansas, 



p. 319, pi. G, ii.!,'. 1, 18(iO. 

 Losqucrenx, Am. Philo.^. Sue. Traii.s., vol. 1:5, ]i. 121, 



pi. 20, lis. 1, ISGO. 

 Lesqueroux, The Tertiary flora, p. 21!), pi. 11, (iij. -I, 



1878. 

 Hollick, in Harris, (i. D., and Veatih, A. ('., A pn- 



liminary report, on the fcPolofiy of Louisiana, )i. 



282, pi." 39, 1899. 

 Knowlton, in Lindgren, Waldemar, V . S. (i(>ol. 



Survey Prof. Paper 73, p]). (i(t, (31, 1911. 

 Magnolia laurifolia. I.esquerenx, Am. Philos. Soc. 



Trans., vol. 13, p. 421, pi. 20, figs. 2. 3, lS(i9; Pro.-. 



U. S. Nat. Mns., vol. 11, p. 25, 1888. 

 Quercus Lyellii. Lesquereux (in part, nut llecr), Am. 



Philos. Soc. Trans., vol. 13, p. 415, pi. 17, fig. 3 



(not figs. 1, 2). 



Description. — Leaves niedium sized to large, 

 oblong-ovate in general outline. Apex not 

 preserved in any of the. material. Base nar- 

 rowly or broadly cuneatc. Length ranges 

 from 1.5 to 25 eentinieters. Maximum width 

 at or above tlie middh^ ranges from 4 to 10 

 centimeters. Margins entire, more or less 

 irregidarly undulate. Leaf substanee tiiiii ])ut 

 coriaceous. Only fragments of the petiole 

 preserved; it was evidently short and very 

 stout. Midril) stout, more or less curved, 

 prominent on the lower siu'faco of the loaf. 

 Secondaries relatively thin, numerous, sub- 

 parallel; about 20 ratlier regularly spaced, 

 opposite to alternate pairs diverge from the 

 midrib at angles of 40° to 70°, averaging aliout 

 50°, curvmg slightly and regularly, campto- 

 drome close to the margms. 



The t.\"pe material of this species was col- 

 lected by Hilgard from the Ackermaii forma- 

 tion at Hurleys, Benton County, Miss., and 

 first figured by Lesquereux in Owen's second 

 report of a geologic reconnaissance of part 

 of Arlxansas. It is not to be found in the 

 remains of the Hilgard collection at the LTni- 

 versity of Mississippi. When Lesquereux de- 

 scribed and illustrated this material he differ- 

 entiated two species, althongii tiicre is o])vi- 

 ously only one fonn represented. The species 

 is abimdant in the Midway (?) formation at 

 Earle, Te.x., is rather widespread in tiie Wilcox, 

 and occurs in the lower Eocene of Fishers 

 Peak, N. Mex. (Raton formation). It has also 

 been i-ecorded from the Fort Union forma- 



tion of Montana and the Eocene of Lassen 

 County, Cal. 



Occurrence. — AclKcrman formal ion, I Itirleys, 

 Benton County (formerly a part of Tijipah 

 County), Miss, (collected l)y E. W. Hilgard). 

 ^Yil(•ox group, Campbell's quarry, Cross Bayou, 

 Caddo Parish, La. (collected by L. C. Jolm- 

 son); McLees, 2 miles north of Mansfield, 

 l)e Soto Parish, La. (collected by L. C. John- 

 son); oiuvfourth mile above Coushatta, Red 

 River Parish, La. (collected by G. D. Harris); 

 1 \ miles northeast of Mansfield and sec. 28, 

 T. 1.3 N., R. 12 W., De Soto Parish, La. (col- 

 lectiMl l)y G. C. Matson and O. B. Ho|)kins), 

 and Old Port Caddo Landing, Little Cypress 

 Bayou, Harrison County, Tex. (collected by 

 T. W. Vaughan). Lagrange formation (in 

 l)eds of Wilcox age), Puryear, Henry County, 

 Teim. (collected ])y E. W.' Beny) (rarel. 



('(Mcctionfi. -U. S. National Museum: New 

 York Botanical Garden. 



Termixalia wilcoxiana Berry, n. sp. 

 Plate LXXXIX, figure 3. 



Description. — Fruit crustaceous, large", nar- 

 rowly elliptic in outline, compressed, about .3.5 

 centimetei-s in length by about 1.4 centi- 

 meters m maximum width midway between 

 the apex and the base, ventricose medianly, 

 with two grooves on each side toward the mar- 

 gins. Margms keeled. Pericarp thin and dry. 



This fruit is almost identical with the fruits 

 of the Indian almond, Terminalia catappa 

 Linne, as well as with those of other existing 

 species of Terminalia whose fruits are dry and 

 have reduced wmgs. 



Only two specimens of this characteristic 

 fruit have been collected, but the leaves of two 

 species of Tennmalia are common thi'oughout 

 the Wdcox, and the genus is represented in the 

 later Tertiary fonuations of the Mississippi 

 embaymcnt region. 



Occurrence. — Gremida fonnation, Grenada, 

 Grenada County, Miss, (collected by E. N. Lowe 

 and E. W. Beriy). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



Genus CONOCARPUS Linne. 



CoNOCARPUs EOLiGNiTicus Bcrrv, n. sp. 

 Plate XCV, figures 1 and 2. 

 Description. — Leaves of differcnit sizes, ovate- 

 lanceolate and generally falcate in outline, the 

 tip acute or ol)tuse and the base acute and 



