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Description. — Trilobate leaves of variable size, 5 cm. to^ 20 cni. 

 in length, by 3.5 cm. to 13 cm. in breadth. Lobes pointed or 

 obtuse, the middle one considerably the larger. Petiole short 

 and stout. Primaries branching from the cuneate base at an 

 acute angle. Secondaries remote, camptodrome v^ith the excep- 

 tion of the pair, of which one runs to the sinus on each side. 



Prof. Newberrv is veiy positive that this leaf is a true Sassa- 

 fras, with which view I entirely agree. The small leaf is the 

 exact counterpart of the modern Sassafras leaf in outline and 

 venation, with the exception that the primaries are basal. While 

 no marginal veins are visible at the sinuses, the first secondaries 

 leave the midrib and curve upward, running directly toi the sin- 

 uses as in the existing Sassafras leaves. Hollick's specimen 

 from Long Island, while fragmentary, has a short branch run- 

 ning to the sinus in the half of the leaf-blade which is preserved. 

 Newberry's other figures each lack the basal portion of the blade 

 and one of the lateral lobes; the lobes are more obtuse than in 

 his smaller specimen. While the sinus appears tO' lack a marginal 

 vein, the disposition of the secondaries and tertiaries in this 

 region is Sassafras-like. 



This species is common but fragmentary in the Raritan at 

 Woodbridge, and has also been reported from Long Island and 

 from' the Magothy formation oi New Jersey. It suggests some- 

 what Sassafras Mudgei Lesq. from the Dakota Group. 



Occurrence. — Woodbridge. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Sassafras hastatum Newb. 

 Plate XVII, Fig. 2. 



Sassafras hastatum Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 88, pi. 21, f. 4-6; 



pi. .28, f. I, .2; pi. 40, f. 4, 1896. 

 Berry, Bot. Gazette, vol. 34: 448, 1902. 

 Hollick, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Garden, vol. 3 : 414, pi. Y9, f- 4, 



1904; L^. S. Geol. Surv. Mon. 50: 78, pi. 2p, f. 4; 



pi. so, f. 12, 1907. 



