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the Ranunculacese following the views of Saporta and Marion, 

 who handled a large amount of fine material from the Heersian 

 of Belgium. 



The present species has not been recognized outside of the 

 Raritan fomiation and is perfectly distinct from the wide ranging 

 Dewalquea groenlandica Heer. 



Occurence. — Woodbridge. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Family MAGNOLIACE^. 



Genus MAGNOLIA Linne. 



(Sp. PI., 1753, P- 535-) 



Magnolia speciosa Heer. 



Plate XIV, Fig. 3. 



Magnolia speciosa Heer, Neue Denks. Schw. Gesell, vol. 23 : 20, 



pi 6, f. i; pi. 9, f. 2; pi. 10, f. I, 1869. 

 Lesq., Cret. & Tert. PL, 72, 1874; Fl. Dakota Group, 202, 



pi. 60, f. 3, 4, 1892. 

 Hollick, Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci., vol. 12 : 234, pi. J, /. 4, 



1893 ; Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 21 : 60, pi. 178, f. 5, 1894; 



Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., vol. 7: 13, 1895; XT. S. Geol. 



Surv., Mon. 50: 64, pi. ip, f. 1-4, 1907. 

 Smith, Geol. Coastal Plain in Ala., 348, 1894. 

 Knowlton, 21 Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. Surv., pt. 7, 318, 1901. 

 Berry, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 31:76, pi. 3, f. 10, 1904; 



Ibid., vol. 32:46, pi. 2, f. 4, 5, 1905. 

 Magnolia auriculata Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 75 (pars.), pi. 41, 



f. 13; pL38,f.io,i8g6. 



Description. — "M. foliis maximis, coriaceis, ovato-ellipticis, 

 apice longe attenuatis, valde acuminatis, basi in petiolum validum 

 attenuatis, nervo primario crasso, nervis secundariis valde curva- 

 tis, camptodromis." Heer. 1869. 



This species is somewhat variable in size, the American ma- 

 terial which is som'e\vhat smaller than the type material from 



