MYRICALES. lo^ 



Prof. Newberry remarks of the difficulty of correlating these 

 and other fossil species with the modern species of Paliurus 

 which usually has serrate or crenate leaves, and while no new 

 material has been obtained, it seems desirable tO' place these leaves 

 in the genus Sinilax which contains many very similar modern 

 leaves. Lesqnereux describes two handsome species of Smilax 

 from the Dakota Group, both of which are much larger leaves 

 and differ in other respects from the Raritan species. 



Occurence. — Locality unknow-n. 



Collections. — New York Botanical Garden. 



Sub-Class DJCOTYLEDONAE. 



Order MYRICALES. 



Family MYRICACEvE. 



Genus MYRICA Linne. 



(Sp. PI., 1753, p. 1024.) 



Myrica Hollicki Ward. 



Plate X. Fig. 6. 



Myrica Hollicki Ward, Amer. Jour. Sci., vol. 45 : 437, 1893. 



Hollick, Mon. U. S. Geol. Surv. vol. 50: 53, pi 7, /. 24,. 



1907. 

 Berry, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 36:249, pi. 18, f. 2, 1909. 

 Myrica grandifolia Hollick, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci.. vol. 12: 5,. 

 pi 5, /. 7, 1892. (non Schimper. 1872). 



Description. — Leaves of large size, 18 cm. tO' 22 cm. in length 

 by 4 cm. to 6 cm. in width, broadly lanceolate in outline, widest 

 near the middle and tapering equally to the acuminate apex and 

 the cuneate base. Margins entire for a short distance above the 

 base, elsewhere sharply serrate. Petiole long and stout. Mid- 

 rib also stout. Secondaries slender, very numerous, being not 

 more than 2 mm. to 3 mm. apart, branching from the midrib at 



