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This species is very common at a number of localities in the 

 New Jersey Raritan and also' 011 Marthas Vineyard, Long- Island 

 and S'taten Island. It is equally common in the Tuscaloosa 

 formation of Alabama. None of the American specimens, abun- 

 dant as they are, shows definitely its trifoliate nature, but this is 

 indicated by the relative position of the leaflets in some of the 

 specimens figoired by Hollick (loc. cit). 



These leaves were segregated from Liriodcndron by New- 

 berry, on the basis of their simple nature, emarginate apex, 

 crowded and fine venation and relatively small size, although 

 their describer says that they are evidently related to Liriodcn- 

 dron. Since 1896, much new material has been collected, es- 

 pecially from Long Island. Holm,^ as long ago as 1890, sug- 

 gested that these leaves were not related to Liriodcndron, but 

 were comparable to those of a number O'f leguminous genera. 

 Somewhat similar leaves were described from Bohemia as 

 Myrsinophylhim varians, by Velenovsky,^ and more closely allied 

 forms as Bignonia pulcherrima, by Bayer,^ the latter sufficiently 

 well preserved to show their trifoliate nature. 



Ward"* refers a species described by Saporta as a Chondrd- 

 phyton, from the Cenomanian of Portugal tO' Liriodendropsis, 

 to which it is obviously not related, as the writer pointed out 

 some years ago.^ Recently, Hollick^ has given a resume of the 

 genus, together with descriptions of new species and a large 

 number of illustrations. The probabilities are all in favor of 

 their reference to the Leguminosse, to which family they are 

 referred in the present contribution. 



Occurrence. — Woodbridge. Milltown, Hylton Pits. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



'Holm, Proc. U. S.Nat. Mas., 13:15-35, 1890; Bot. Gaz. 20:312-316, 1895. 



" Velen., Kvetena ceskeho cenomanu, 25, pi. 4, f . 8, 9 ; pi. 5. f. 12 ; pi. 6, f. 

 10, II, 1889. 



^ Studien Gebiete Bohm. Kreidef. (Perucer Schichten) 1900 (1901), p. 156, 

 f. 126a, b. 



' Ward, i6th Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. Survey, pt. i : 540, pi. 107, f. 6-8, 1896. 



^ Berry, Bull Torrey Club, vol. 31 : 77, 1904. 



" Hollick, Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. L : 69-73, I907- 



