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Occurrence. — Woodbridge. 

 Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Family MORACE^. 



Genus FICUS Linne. 



(Sp. PL, 1753, P- 1059.) 



Ficus MYRicoiDEs HolHck. 



Piciis myricoidcs Hollick in Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 71, pi. ^2, 

 f. 18; pi. 41, f. 8, 9, 1896; U. S. Geol. Surv., Mon. 

 50 : 57, pi. II, f. 8, p, 1907 ( ?) (non-Ward, 1906). 



Description. — Leaves narrowly lanceolate in outline, with the 

 maximum dimensions of 2 cm. in width by 10 cm. in length, but 

 sometimes considerably smaller. Margin entire. Apex bluntly 

 rounded. Midrib mediumly stout, straight. Secondaries numer- 

 ous, about 2 mm. apart, straight and parallel, diverging from 

 the midrib at angles of about 45°, or slightly more, branching to 

 form polygonal areoles near the margin. 



This species is not conclusively allied to Ficiis, nor is it especi- 

 ally well known since the specimens are all fragmentary. It is 

 also recorded by Hollick from Glen Cove, Long Island, and Gay 

 Head, Marthas Vineyard, and by Fontaine and Ward from the 

 Patapsco formation of Maryland. It is probable, however, that 

 some of the remains that have been referred to this species are 

 not related to the type material. This is especially true of the 

 Long Island and Marthas Vineyard leaves which are larger and 

 which suggest to the writer some of the many species of Mag- 

 nolia identified by Dr. Hollick in the insular deposits. The sup- 

 posed Patapsco occurrence is based on leaf fragments of Sapiii- 

 dopsis. 



Occurrence. — Milltown. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



