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Ser. CARYOFHYLLIN^ 

 Pam. CARYOPHYLLACE^. 



Ge7i. Cucubalites Gopp., De Fl. st. foss., p. 570. 



Charact. ut in vigenti Cucubalo. Calyx inflato-globosus, 10-nei'- 

 vius, 5-dentatus; petala 5 ungue angusto, lamina biflda, basi 2-squa- 

 mata; stamina 10; torus in gymnophorum stipitiforme elongatus; 

 ovarium 1-loculare, ima basi septatum, stili 3. 



1. Cucubalites postalensis Mass., Palaeoph. rar., p. 34,- Syll. pl. foss., 10:'>4 

 |). 84. — Inflorescentia paniculata ; floribus longe podunculatis, soli- 

 tariis ; calycibus carapanulatis, apice dentatis, petalis exsertis, caly- 



cis duplo longioribus. 



In calcareo eocenico uMonte Bolca» in agro Veronensz {Mass.). 



— Calyx mm. 5-6 long., 3-4 lat. (Mass.). 



2. Cucubalites ? flagellum Mass., Syll. pl. foss., p. 84 ^nomen). 1055 



In calcareo eocenico (( Monte Bolca » in agro V er onens i (Mass). 



Ser. GUTTIFERiE 

 Fam. HYPERICACEiE 



Gen. Hypericum Linn., Gen., n. 902. 



Herbae aut suff^rutices in heniispha^rio boreali late difi^usi. Folia 

 opposita, sa^pe pellucido-punctata, aut margine nigro-punctata. Calyx 

 penta.sepalus; sepala plus minusve coalita et inaequalia. Corolla pen- 

 tapetala. Capsula membranacea. 



1. Hyperlcum tragoldes Mass., Synop. Fl. foss. Senog., p. 87; Fl. foss. wr,6 

 Senig., pag. 323, t. XXXIII, f. 10. t. XLIV, f. 3. — Foliis ova- 

 to-oblongis, ellipticis, sessilibus, apice subattenuatis, obtusis, basi 

 rotundatis, integerrimis, coriaceis; nervis secundariis brochidodro- 

 mis, nervis abbreviatis immixtis, distantibus, infmqualibus in venas 

 laxas solutis, rete venoso rainutissimo exsculpto, papillato instructis. 

 In marga gypsosa miocenica «Sinigagiia» in agro Z^^m^ro (Mass.). 



— Fol. cm. 6 long., mm. 16 lat. (Mass.). ITyp. hircino vivonti 

 similis. 



