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of which it resembles quite considerably. It is not an especially- 

 well marked species in any event, and the two forms which 

 Prof. Newberry figures show considerable variability. Frag- 

 mentary specimens of what the writer believes to be this species 

 are present in the collections from the Hylton Pits. 



Occurrence. — Woodbridge, Hylton Pits. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Aralia patens HoUick. 



Aralia patens Hollick, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 21 : 54, pi. IJ4, 

 f. 4, 1894; Mon. U. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 50:98, pi. 38, 

 f. s, 1907. 

 Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 117, p. 57, /. 6, 1896. 



Description. — Leaves palmately trilobate, the lobes subequal, 

 linear in outline, subacute, divergent, the lateral lobes directed 

 transversely to the median lobe, the intervening sinuses being 

 deep and open and forming an angle oi nearly forty-five degrees. 

 Margins entire. Base truncate. Petiole long and stout. Midrib 

 stout. Lateral primaries, which diverge from the top of the 

 petiole, also stout, but somewhat less so than the midrib. A 

 subsidiary lateral of finer calibre branches from the outside point 

 Oif origin of each lateral primary. Secondaries irregular, rather 

 straight, diverging from, the primaries at usually a wide angle, 

 their ends joined by a marginal vein. 



This is a rather ill-defined and infrequent species and suggests 

 the leaf which Prof. Newberry figured as Aralia groenlandica 

 Heer. A fragment has been reported by Hollick from Glen 

 Cove, Long Island, and an equally poor fragment is contained 

 in the present collections from South Amboy. 



Occurrence. — Woodbridge, South Amboy. 



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



