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Pi'oliiiin (Biirsorjicoiv) and tliosc of I'ilocai'piis 

 (if the Kutaciw, tlie similarity to Pilocarpus 

 bciiif;; coniini'moratcd in the spccilic na]ii(\ 



Occnrnricc. — Grenada format ion, Circnada, 

 Grenada County, Miss, (i-ollfctcd in" K. X. Lowe 

 and E. W. Berry), 



Collection. — U, S. Xational Museum. 



C'Auroi.rriirs pkotkoide.s Berry, n. sp. 

 Plate CXI I, figure 2, 



Discviption. — A slightly asymmetrie winged 

 seed, narrowly ovate in outline, about S.5 

 millimeters in length and 2.5 millimeters \n 

 maximum width near tlie base, ta])ering up- 

 ward to a falcate acuminate tip, roun(h'd and 

 slightly asymmetric at the base, Nucellus 

 small, compressed. Wing longitudinally veined. 



This characteristic wingeil seed is in my 

 judgment positively referable to the Proteacea3 

 and might well represent the fruit of Banksia 

 Unuifolia Berry, which is so common at this 

 locality. It may be almost exactly matched 

 by seeds of different existing species of Banksia, 

 Hakea, and similar genera of the Australian 

 region, commonly representcil in tlie Oligocene 

 floras of Europe. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (in beds 

 of Wilcox age), Puryear, Henry tounty, Tenn. 

 (coUected by E. W. Berry). 



Collection. — U, S. National Museum. 



Cakpolituus iiyosekitiformis Berry, n. sp. 



Plate CXII, fic;ure4. 



Description. — A small, slightly asymmetric 

 fusiform seed or achene-like fruit, about 8 

 millimeters in length and 1,75 millimeters in 

 maxunum diameter about midway between 

 the apex and the base, acuminate proximad, 

 contracting above the middle and expanding 

 distad in a crown of short, diverging simple 

 avviis or bristles about ten in number and about 

 2 miUimetei's in length. Surface eostate. 



This characteristic form, rci)rescntcd by two 

 specimens, is almost certainly an achenc of 

 some Wilcox species of Composita^, but I'ather 

 than give it a generic name implying a knowl- 

 edge of its botanic affinity beyond what the 

 facts warrant I ])refer to retain it in the indefi- 

 nite genus Carpolithus, commemorating in its 

 specific name its great resemblance to the 

 genus Hyoserites of Ettingshausen, a genus of 



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Composita' not uncommon in tlie European 

 Tertiary.' 



Occurrence. — Lagrange fornnition (in beds of 

 Wilcox age), Puryear, Heni-v County, Term. 

 (coUected by E. W. Berry). ' 



Collection. — U. S. Nati<uial Museum. 



CAiiPOEiTHr.s DK TV()I.()^[()II)ES Berry, n. sp. 

 Plait' ('XI, fiijurcH 2 and 3. 



Description. — A small winged seed or fruit,. 

 which has an elliptical, laterally compressed 

 nucellus about 2.5 millimeters long by 1.5 milli- 

 meters wide, truncate on its proximal side, and 

 a scarious, minutely reticulate veined, mar- 

 ginal keel or wing 1 to 2 millimeters wide. 

 This wing was of considerable consistency as 

 shown by its vascular skeleton; it is full and 

 rounded, except at the upper end, where it is 

 somewhat extended and acuminate. Len<rth 

 of the whole fruit, including the wing, about 

 7 millimeters. The hilum is centrally located 

 on the truncated portion of the unwinged 

 proximal margin. 



This characteristic winged fruit is compar- 

 able with those of a number of existing genera, 

 especially in the famifies Malpighiaceae, Ru- 

 tacea?, and Bignoniacese. Among the forms 

 with which comparisons are especially sug- 

 gestive are the species of Stigmatophyllon 

 Jussieu, a genus of Malpighiacew that com- 

 prises about 45 existing species, rangmg from 

 the Bahamas to Uruguay, in which, however, 

 the venation of the wings is not markedly re- 

 ticulate, and the genus Dictj^oloma De Can- 

 doUe, consisting of two species of trees of 

 Brazil and Peru. It is the resemblance of the 

 fossil to Dictyoloma that has suggested the 

 specific name. 



Occurrence.— Lagrange formation (in beds 

 of Wilcox age), Puryear, Ilein-y County, Toun, 

 (collected by E. W. Berry). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



PhY ELITES sp. 

 Plate CIV, figure 2. 



Description. — A characteristic fragment of a 

 large leaf of unknown botanic affinity. 



Occurrence. — Lagrange formation (iii beds of 

 Wilcox age), Puryear, Henry County, Tenn. 

 (collected by E. W. Berry). 



Collection. — U. S. National Museum. 



1 Ettingshausen, C. von, Die fossile Flora des Tertiiir-lieckens von Bilin, 

 pt. 2, p. IS, ISOS. 



