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of Cinnaniouiuui Nczvbcrryi since the former species has never 

 been encountered in Raritan deposits either during the progress 

 of Professor Newberry's or the writer's investigations. This 

 species is present, however, in the succeeding Magothy forma- 

 tion. It is a broader leaf with a more rounded base and more 

 prominent primaries. The two species are closely allied, but 

 seem to be abundantly distinct. 



The well known name for the present species proposed by 

 Professor Newberry was already in use for a different fossil 

 species described some years earlier by Baron Ettingshausen, 

 hence it becomes necessary to rename the New Jersey species, 

 and the foregoing name is suggested in honor of Professor 

 Newberry. 



Occurrence. — Sayreville, Woodbridge, South Amboy, Hylton 

 Pits. 



Collections. — U. S. National Museum,, N. Y, Botanical 

 Garden. 



Family MENISPERMACE^. 



Genus MENISPERMITES Lesquereux. 



(Cret. FL, 1874, p. 94.) 



MENISPERMITES BOREALis Heer. 



Plate XVIII, Fig. 4. 



Memsperniltes borealis Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct., vol. 6, ab. 2: 91, 

 pl. 39, f. 2, 1882. 

 Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 84, pl. 50, f. 1-6, 1896. 



Description. — ^"M. foliis niagnis, ovato-ellipticis, integer- 

 rimis, quinque-nerviis." Heer, 1882. 



The type of this species is a single large fragment of an 

 unsymmetrical leaf from the Atane beds of Greenland. Pro- 

 fessor NewberiT's material from New Jersey is more abundant, 

 but not complete enough for a proper diagnosis. It may be 

 described as follows : Leaves markedly unsymmetrical, ovate- 

 elliptical in outline, about 10 cm. to 15 cm. in length by 6 cm. to 



