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the illustrations of the foreign material. In all respects this is 

 one of the most characteristically Eucalyptus-\ike species of the 

 many which have been so identified, and its totality of characters, 

 combined with the presence of attached fruits in the Bohemian 

 material, which are not unlike some of those of modern forms, 

 renders the identification very satisfactory. 



Occurrence. — South Amboy. 



Collections. — ^^U. S. National Museum. 



Eucalyptus ? attenuata Newb. 

 Plate XXVIII, Fig. 6. 



Bucalyptus ? attenuata Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, iii, pi. 16, f. 2, 

 S, (non. /. 5) 1896. 



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

 nudum). 



Ward, Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. Surv., 15th: 371, 1895 (no- 

 men nudum). 



Berry, Rept. State Geol. (N. J.) for 1905: 138, 1906; Bull. 

 Torrey Club, vol. 33:180, 1906; Ibid., vol. 34; 203, 

 1907. 



Description. — Leaves lanceolate in outline, 9 cm. to. 12 cm. in 

 length by 1.5 cm. to 2 cm. in greatest width, which is in the basal 

 half of the leaf. Margin entire, somewhat undulate in some 

 specimens. Apex narrow and produced, acutely pointed. Base 

 cuneate. Petiole stout, i cm. to 2 cm. in length. Midrib stout, 

 especially in its lower part. Secondaries numerous, branching 

 from the midrib at an acute angle, reticulate-caniptodrome. 



This species has little in common with the leaves usually re- 

 ferred tO' this genus, except its outline, which is also that of a 

 great many unallied genera. It is somewhat suggestive of some 

 of the leaves referred to Laiirophyllum, in fact miany possible 

 relationships could be suggested, all of which possess equal ele- 

 ments of uncertainty, so that it seems wisest to permit Prof. 

 Newben-y's identification to stand after pointing out its incon- 

 clusive nature. 



