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LOWER EOCENE FLORAS OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Occurrence. — Lagraugo foriuiitioii (in bcnis 

 of Wilcox age^, Piiryoar, Henry County, Tcnn. 

 (collected by E. W." Bony). 



Collection. — U. S. Xational Museum 



CARPOLrrnrs hexri-ensis Beny, a. sp. 

 Plate CXI I, figure If). . 



Description. — Small costate fruit, elliptical 

 iu outlme and nearly cylindrical or slightly 

 ccimpressed in cross section, bearing five or six 

 longitudinal costiP separated by narrow sulci. 

 Length about 1.5 centimeters. Maximum 

 width about 7.5 millimeters. Ends equally 

 rounded. Texture ligneous. 



A rare fruit of unknown afiTmity somewhat 

 resembling several of the fruits from tlie Bran- 

 don lignites that have been referred to Aristolo- 

 chites, as for example Aristolodiiten sulcafus 

 Perkins ' and ArlstolocTiifes conovleun Perkins. - 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (in l^eds 

 of Wilcox age), Purj-ear, Henry County, Temi. 

 (collected by E. w!^ Berry). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



Carpolithus grenadensis Berry, n. sp. 

 Plate CXII, figure 15. 



Descriftion. — Small fruit, circular in outline, 

 much compressed, 3 millimeters in diameter, 

 borne on a straight, stout, inequilaterally 

 placed peduncle about 3.75 mdlimeters long. 



This small form, represented by a single 

 specimen, is of unkno^v^l botanic affinity. 



Occurrence. — Grenada formation, Grenada, 

 Grenada County, Miss, (collected by E. W. 

 Berry). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



Cakpolitiius texnesseensis Berry, n. sp. 

 Plate CXII, (igure 17. 



Description. — Species ajiparently represent- 

 ing a berry-like or drupaceous fruit with a 

 wTinkled coriaceous pericarp. Outline nearly 

 circular, apparently som(!what compressed in 

 cross section. Length 12.5 millimeters. Ma.xi- 

 mum width 11 millimeters m the equatorial 

 region. Fruit is dccurrcnt to a stout peduncle 

 about 7.5 millimeters in length. 



This form is represented by the single speci- 

 men figured and is of unknown botanic affinity. 



1 Perkins, <;. H., Vermont State Geologist Kept, tor 1903-4, p. 204, pi. 

 Sl.flR.S. ISn, 157,1904. 

 ndem, flg. 154. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (hi beds of 

 WOcox age), Puryear, Henry County, Tenn. 

 (collected by E. W. Berry). 



Collectiion. — U. S. National Museum. 



Carpomtiius sopiiorites Berry, n. sp. 

 Plate CXII, figure 7. 



Description. — Large seed, unsymmetricaDy 

 ovate, compressed, distinctly keeled or mar- 

 gined. Length about 14.5 millimeters. Width 

 in the median region al)out 8.25 millimeters. 

 More obtuse thstad. Margin sliglitly angular 

 near the hilum ;ind also forms an inner pos- 

 terior angle, elsewhere curved, fuller on the 

 outside and bears a sharp sinus partly due to 

 compression on the inside above the hilum. 

 Seed much compressed and original thickness 

 can not be determuied. Surface smooth. 



This large form evidently belongs to one of 

 the Wilcox species of Papilionaceie and suggests 

 the genus Sophora, which is so well represented 

 by leaves in the Wilco.x deposits. 



Bowerbank ^ described many species of a 

 genus which he named Faboidea from the 

 Isle of Sheppey (Ypresian), all of which, how- 

 ever, present certain morphologic features, 

 such as their thick testa, punctate surface, and 

 funiculus uniljdicalis, which are absent in the 

 form here discussed, which is therefore referred 

 to the indefinite genus Carpolithus. 



Occurrence. — Grenada formation, Grenada, 

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

 Lowe and E. W. Berry). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



Carpolithus pilocarpoides Berry, n. sp. 

 Plato CXII, figure 11. 



Description. — Large ligneous asymmetric 

 compressed seeds or fruits, about 1 centimeter 

 in length, 5;5 millimeters in width, and 2 to 

 3 millimeters in thickness. Proximal margin 

 straight or incurved. Distal margin full and 

 rounded, as are bolli ends. Margms show a 

 well-marked keel. 



This is a well-marked form of jxissible strati- 

 graphic importance, since it is readily recog- 

 nizable. It comes from the top of the Wilcox 

 and is represented in the collections by several 

 specimens. Its botanic affinity is uncertain, 

 although it suggests the fruits of the genus 



3 Bowerbank, J. S., History of Iho fossil fruits and seeds of the London 

 Clay, pp. 9S-123, pi. 14-10, ISio. 



