I04 THE RARITAN FLORA. 



angles of 45° or slightly more, subdividing- and inosculating- 

 near the margin and sending branches into the marginal teeth. 



The type of this exceedingly handsome species is a single in- 

 complete specimen, collected at Tottenville, Staten Island, six- 

 teen or more years ago, and now preserved in the Museum of 

 the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences. A single 

 specimen was collected from the lower Raritan at Milltown. 

 It is a larger, slightly broader leaf with slightly less prominent 

 teeth, but is obviously identical with the type. 



Occurence. — Milltown. 



Collections. — U. S. National Museum. 



Myrica emarginata Heer. 

 Plate X, Fig. 5. 



Myrica emarginata Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct. vol. 6, ab. 2 : 66, pi. 41, 

 /. 2, 1882. 

 Lesq.. Fl. Dakota Group, 67, pi. 12, f. i, 1892. 

 Newb., Fl. .Amboy Clays, 62, pi. 41, f. 10, 11, 1896. 



Description — "M. foliis oblongis, integerrimis, apice emarg- 

 inatis, basi attenuatis, nen'is secundariis subtilissimis." Heer 

 1882. 



The Raritan leaves referred to this species by Prof. New- 

 berry are not quite typical of this species, being somewhat more 

 elongate and lacking the strictly obovate outline shown in the 

 Atane leaves and those from the Dakota group. Recent col- 

 lections O'f this species from the southern Coastal Plain also de- 

 part from the Raritan leaves in the direction of the type. 



The Raritan leaves are 5.5 cm. to 7 cm. in length and 1.8 cm. 

 to 2.5 cm. in breadth, oblong lanceolate in outline and entire, 

 with a strongly emarginate apex and cuneate, narrowly descend- 

 ing base. Secondaries thin, 8 to 10 pairs, branching from the 

 midrib at an angle of about 45°, curving upward, camptodrome. 



Occurrence — Locality unknown. 



Collections — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



