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siderable part of a pmultiniale pinna with a numl)or of entiiv ultimate 

 pinna' and good pinnules. This is shown in PI. CXII, Fig. 5. It shows 

 the character of the fern pretty well. Another specimen gives pretty well 

 the termination of an ultimate pinna. It is shown in Fig. 6. This fern, 

 from its firm texture, seems better fitted than most to be preserved. 



The following is the list of plants found at the higher exposvu-e. Xo. 2, 

 at Chinkapin Hollow : 



Araucarites aquiensis Font.? 1 specimen. 



Athrotaxopsis tenuicaulis Font 12 specimens- 



Equisetum Lyellii Mant. ? 1 specimen. 



Leptostrobus '. ovalis Ward nom nov . . - 1 specimen. 



Pinus Nordenski<)l(ii Ileer f -' specimens. 



Sphenolepidium Sternbergianum densif olium Font 49 specimens. 



Thyrsopteris elliptica Font 1 specimen. 



Thyrsopteris rarinervis Font 1 specimen. 



Anient of dicotyledon? 1 specimen. 



This is a much smaller number of specimens than was found at the 

 locality Xo. 1 . Even this small numljer would have been diminished if the 

 material containing the fossils had preserved them no better than that of 

 locality Xo. 1. The indurated clay of locality Xo. 2 is very fine grained 

 and preserves the plants with unusual perfection, even in the smallest 

 fragments. Indeed, most of the fossils found here are small bits that would 

 not in other material be determinable. 



Leptostrobus ( ovalis Ward nom nov." 



PI. CVin, Figs. 9, 10. 



1889. Leptostrohus ? (b) sp. ? Font.: Potomac Flora (Monogr. U. S. Geol. Surv., Vol. 

 XV), p. 2.31, pi. cxxxvi, figs. 10, 10a. 



At the same locality a seed was found that seems to be the same as 

 those described as Leptostrobus 1 (b) species ? in Monograph XV, p. 231, 

 pi. cxxxvi, fig. 10. The object is composed of a nucleus surrounded by a 

 wing. The wing and nucleus together are nearly round. The nucleus, 

 not very distinctly shown in the specimen figured, is oval in form, 3 mm. 

 long and 2 mm. wide where widest, near one end. As these seeds are 



"Professor Fontaine contents himself with identifyiii;; those seeds with those found Ijy hini on tlie James 

 River and called "Leptostrobus? (t) sp.i" This is an awkward designation, and as it now appears that such 

 seeds occur at other localities it is better to give them a name.— L. F. W. 



