90 THE RARITAN FLORA. 



Description. — "W. ramis tenuissimis, gracilibus, fastigiatis, 

 foliis imbricatis, appressis, omnino tectis, foliis inferioribus fal- 

 catis, superioribus rectis." Heer, 1874. 



This species was described from the Atane beds of Greenland 

 by Prof. Heer in 1874. His material was, however, extremely 

 limited. Subsequently it was found in considerable abundance 

 in the Raritan formation, and still more recently Hollick has 

 recorded it from Marthas Vineyard and Block Island. It may 

 be questioned if some of the coniferous material described by 

 Velenovsky from the Bohemian Cretaceous under other names 

 should not be compared with the present form. It is even more 

 slender than the preceding species, with much shorter twigs, 

 which have the appearance of having been somewhat lax in 

 habit; the leaves are more close-set and appressed, narrowly 

 lanceolate, straight and scale-like ; they are said by Heer to be 

 somewhat spread and falcate proximad, but this feature has not 

 been observed in any of the Raritan material. 



Newberry mentions a vague cone about i cm. in diameter as 

 included in the Raritan material. The writer has not seen this 

 specimen, but has found a number of poorly preserved cones 

 among the abundant remains of this species in the Cretaceous 

 beds of South Carolina. Attached cones are common in the lower 

 part of the Tuscaloosa formation of Alabama. 



Occurrence. — Woodbridge, South Amboy. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Genus FRENELOPSIS Schenk. 



(Palaeont., vol. XIX, 1869, p. 13.) 



FrEnelopsis Hoheneggeri (Ett.) Schenk. 



Thuites Hoheneggeri Ett., Abh. kk. geol. Reichs. i ab. 3, No. 



2:26, pi. I, f. 6, 7, 1852. 

 Frenelopsis Hoheneggeri Schenk, Palaeont., vol. 19, hft. 1:13, 



pi. 4, f. 5-7; pi. 5, f. I, 2; pi. 6, f. 1-6; pi. 7, f. I. 1869. 



