SYSTEMATIC PALiEOBOTANY 



SYNONYMS AND CHANGES OF NAMES 



The disposition of the names which Knowlton^ tentatively applied to the speci- 

 mens coUected in 1896 in the Lance Creek area is as follows: 



Alga (gen. et sp. nov.) — unidentifiable, probably roots. 



Aralia sp. = Platanophylluin montanum (Brown) Dorf, n. comb. 



Carpiies 2 sp. — very poor, fragmentary speeimens, indeterminable. 



Cyperacites sp. = Cyperacites sp. 



Equisetum sp.? = Equisetum sp. 



Fern (gen. et sp. nov.) = Filicites knoivltoni Dorf, n. sp. 



Ficus 5 sp. = (1) Menispermites belli Berry; (2) Grewiopsis saportana Lesquereux; (3) Ficusl 



ceratops Knowlton; (4) very poor specimen, unidentifiable, seems nearest to Cissites lobatus 



Dorf; (5) disregarded because specimen comes from "Fort Union" beds above the type 



Lance, according to locality records at the U. S. National Museum. 

 Flabellaria eocenica Lesquereux = Sabalites eocenica (Lesquereux) Dorf. 

 Grewiopsis eocenica (Lesquereux) Knowlton = Grewiopsis saportana Lesquereux. 

 Hicoria sp. — not considered in the present report because specimen comes from "Fort Union" 



beds above the type Lance, according to locality records at the U. S. National Museum. 

 Juglans 2 sp. — both specimens disregarded since they are from "Fort Union" beds above the type 



Lance, according to locality records at the U. S. National Museum. 

 Lysimachia sp. (new) = Phyllites IrifoUatus Dorf, n. sp. 



Myrica torreyi Lesquereux = Myrtophijllum torreyi (Lesquereux) Dorf, n. comb. 

 Ottelia? sp. (new) — poorly preserved, flattened round objects, not considered identifiable. 

 Palmocarpon palmarum (Lesquereux) Knowlton — very poorly preserved, unidentifiable. 

 Phyllites 3 sp. — (1) and (2) poorly preserved, unidentifiable; (3) disregarded since specimen is 



from "Fort Union" beds above the type Lance, according to locality records at the U. S. 



National Museum. 

 Platanus raynoldsii Newberry — disregarded since specimens come from "Fort Union" beds above 



the type Lance, according to locality records at the U. S. National Museum. 

 Platanus raynoldsii integrifolia Lesquereux, Populus subrotunda Lesquereux, and Populus ambly- 



rhyncha Ward — disregarded since specimens come from "Fort Union" bcds above the type 



Lance, according to locality records at the U. S. National Museum. 

 Quercus cinereoides Lesquereux of Knowlton = Saliciphyllum wyomingensis (Knowlton and 



Cockcrell) Dorf, n. comb. 

 Quercus viburnifolia Lesquereux = Quercusl vibumifolia Lesquereux. 

 Quercus 3 sp. (new?) — (1) and (2) unidentifiable; (3) disrcgarded since specimen comes from "Fort 



Union" beds above the type Lance, according to locality rccords at the U. S. National 



Museum. 

 Sabal rigida Hatcher — palm rays only; may belong to Sabalites montana (Knowlton) Dorf. 

 Salix angusta AI. Braun — disregarded since no specimens referred to this species could be found 



in the collections at the U. S. National Museum. 

 Salix 3 sp. (new?) — (1) and (2) = Dryophyllum subfalcatum Lesquereux; (3) = Salix lancensis 



Berry. 

 Salvinia sp. = Salvinia? sp. 



Sassafras sp. (new) = Platanophyllum montanum (Brown) Dorf, n. comb. 

 Sequoia nordenskioldi Heer = Scquoia dakotensis Brown ? 

 Taxodium distichum miocenum Heer — disregarded since no specimcns referred to this species could 



be found in the coUections at the U. S. National Museum. 

 Trapa microphylla Lesquereux = Trapal microphylla Lesquereux. 



' Knowlton, F. H., Proc. Waabington Acad. Sci., vol. 11, 207. 1909. 



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