Angiosp., Dicotyl., Archichlamydcc, Saxifragin<ie, Saxifragacore, Wcinmannia. 407 



Gen. Weiiimauiiia Linn., Gen., n. 493. 



Arbores vel fnitices oppositifolii, in America tropica, in^^ulis in:i- 

 scaraenis, inque Nova Zeelandia crescentes. Folia sim[)licia, ternata, 

 quinata vel impari-pinnata, petiolis articulatis, raclii sa^pissime alata, 

 crenulata vel dentata, rarius intepjra, nervis secundariis tenuibus, 

 campto-vel craspedodromis, areis tenuissime reticulatis, Calyx lilier, 

 4-vel 5-partitus persistens. Corolla.' petala 4 vel 5 disco liypogyno 

 urceolato inserta. Capsula birostris, bivalvis. 



1. Weinmannia elaphriifolia Mass., PabToph. rar., p. 33; Syll. pl. n40 

 foss., p. S2. — Foliis 5-7-jugis, impari-pinnatis, petiolatis, foliolis 

 ovato-ellipticis, obtusis, sessilibu.", adprossis, basi subcordati«, .suii- 

 ina-qualibus, margine obtuse crenulatis; costa distincta, nervis cre- 

 bris, rectis, camptodromis tenuissimis. 



In calcareo eocenico «Monte Bolca » in agro Veronens i {Mxss.). 



— Differt a W. fagarccfolm Mass. foliis minoribus, ovato-ellipticis, 

 et inter so valde approximatis. 



2. Weinmannia fagaraefolia Mass., Palaeopb. rar., p. 32; Syll. pl. foss., yxw 

 p. Si. — Foliis impari-pinnatis, 3-6-)ugis, petiolatis, foliolis ple- 

 rumquo oppositis, ovato-Iancoolatis, apice obtusiusculis, basi obliquis, 

 ina^qualibus, petiolulatis, margine obtuse crenulatis ; costa distin- 

 c(a, nervis secundariis crebris, alternis, erectis, parallelis, campto- 

 dromis, impnrfectis, sa^pe subobsoletis; corolla 5-petala, petalis 

 brevibus, rotundatis; calyx 5-partitus, sepalis triangularibus, pe- 

 taloruin duplo longioribus. 



In calcareo eocenico « Monte Bolca n in agro Vcronensi (Mxss.). 

 :'. Weinmannia incerta Mass., Pabeoph. rar., p. 33; vSyll, pi. foss., p. S3. 1142 

 Phi///?/cs inccr/a Mass., Pr;ioI. 11. Polc, p. 71. — Foliis impari- 

 pinnatis, 7-;)-jugis, petiolo brevi, basi dilatato, foliolis oppositis 

 alternisve, ovatis, obtusis, margine crenato-lobulatis, lobis obtusis- 

 simis; costa distincta, nervis obsoletis. 



In calcareo eocenico uMonte Bolca» in agro Veronensi (Mass.). 



— Species ha^c verisimiliter W. fagarcvfo/icv Mass. adscribenda, 



4. Weinmannia parvifolia Heer, Fl. tert. Helv., p. 20, t. CV, f. 30- 1:11.3 

 32. Mass., Synop. Fl. foss. Senog., p. 81 ; Fl. foss. Senig., p. 30S, 

 t. XXIX, f. 27, t. LXII, f. 4. Schimp., Tr. pal. v6g., III, p. 08. 

 Schenk, in Zittel, Palaeophytologie, p. 010, f. 339 (II). — Foliis co- 

 riaceis, nitidis, integerrimis, margine revolutis, apice rotundatis, 

 lateralibus, ovalibus, terminalibus obovatis, nervis secundariis sub- 



