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Description. — Leaves broadly ovate to cordate in outline, 7 

 cm. to 10 cm. in length by 6 cm. to 10 cm. in breadth, with 

 an acute apex and a cordate to a rounded slightly decurrent 

 base. Margin entire. Principal veins 3, the midrib being the 

 stoutest. The laterals branch at a wide angle from the top of 

 the petiole, traversing considerably more than the basal half of 

 the leaf and joining the camptodrome secondaries above; they 

 give off on the outside numerous camptodrome branches, the 

 lowest of which sometimes branch from their extreme base, 

 giving basal fragments of these leaves the appearance of Hedera 

 primordialis Sap. 



As previously pointed out, this species has many points of 

 resemblance to the preceding one, but is decidedly shorter and 

 broader, with a more orbicular outline and a marked tendency 

 toward a cordate base. It was evidently of a more coriaceous 

 texture since the finer venation is obsolete. 



It is a much more abundant form in the Raritan formation and 

 enjoys a considerable outside distribution, being recorded from 

 Staten Island and from the Tuscaloosa formation in Alabama. 

 It is also present in the Magothy formation. Both this and the 

 preceding represent a type of Ficns very abundant in the Upper 

 Cretaceous of the Western Interior region of the United States. 



Occurrence. — Sayreville, Woodbridge, Hylton Pits. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Order PROTEALES. 



Family PROTEACE^. 



Genus PERSOONIA Swartz. 



(Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., vol. IV, 1798, p. 215.) 



Persoonia sp.^tulata Hollick. 



Persoonia spatidata Hollick in Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 71, 

 pi. 42, f. 14, 1896. 



Description. — Leaf obovate-spatulate in outline, with an entire 

 margin, 3.4 cm. in length, by about i cm. in breadth, widest to- 

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