84 THE RARITAN FLORA. 



breviter subacuminatis, facialibus rhombeis, minutis, dorsO' argute 

 carinatis." Heer, 1882. 



This species was described originally from the Atane beds of 

 Greenland, as a species of Lihoccdrus. When Prof. Newberry 

 came to study the abundant remains from the upper Raritan 

 he changed the generic reference tO' Thuja on what appears to 

 be good evidence. Similar remains have been identified by 

 Knowlton, from the Judith River beds of Montana, and the 

 writer has noted identical remains in considerable abundance in 

 the Magothy formation of Delaware and Maryland. 



This is another one of those species from the upper Raritan 

 whose affinities are entirely with those of somewhat later forma- 

 tions, and which serve to emphasize the Cenomanian age of the 

 formation as a whole. 



The twigs are strap-shaped, with nearly parallel sides 2 mm., 

 or slightly less in width, and with four rows oi shorty appressed 

 leaves. 



Occurrence. — South Amboy. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Genus THUITES Sternberg. 



(Fl. d. Vorw., vol. I, 1823, p. 39.) 



Thuites Meriani Heer. 



Thuites Meriani Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct., vol. 3, ab, 2:73, pi. 16, 

 f. I/, 18, 1873 ; Ibid., vol. 6, ab. 2 148, pi. 8, f. p-ii; pi. 

 2p, f. 20, h, 1882. 

 Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 54, pi. 10, f. 5, 1896. 



Description. — ^"Th. ramulis alternis, foliis quadrifariam im- 

 bricatis, laterlibus incurvis, acuminatis, facialibus subovatis, 

 dorso, evidenter costatis." Heer, 1873. 



Twigs with four-ranked, imbricated, somewhat incurved and 

 appressed, ovate, pointed leaves, dorsally costate. This species 

 was described by Heer in 1873 from the Kome beds of Green- 

 land, although it is doubtfully distinct from Inolepis imbricata 



