ERICALES. 205 



more abundant in the overlying Magothy formation and is pres- 

 ent from New Jersey and Maryland, as well as from the Bladen 

 formation of North Carolina, the Middendorf formation of 

 South Carolina and the Tuscaloosa formation of Alabama. It 

 does not appear to be especially close to either Andromeda 

 Snozcii Lesq. or Andromeda litiifolia Lesq. of the Dakota Group 

 with which Dr. Hollick has instituted comparisons. Material 

 from North Carolina definitely proves its Ericaceous affinities. 



Occurrence. — South Amboy. 



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



xA.NDROMEDA GRANDIFOLIA Berry. 



Andromeda latifolia Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 120, pi. 55, /. 6-8, 



10 (non /. p) ; pi. 34, f. 6-11; pi. 36, f. 10, 1896 (non 



Wright). 

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



nudum ) . 

 Hollick, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Garden, vol. 3:416, />/. /p, /. 3, 



1904; Mon. U. S. Geol. S'urv., vol. 50: 100, pi. 30, j. i, 



1907. 

 Andromeda grandifolia Berry, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 34 : 204, 



pi. 15, f. 2, 1907. 



Description. — Leaves thick and coriaceous, varying consider- 

 ably in size and shape. From 4 cm. to 20 cmi. in length by 1.5 

 cm. to 7 cm. in width, ovate-lanceolate in outline, with an entire, 

 usually somewhat undulate or unsymmetrical margin. Apex ob- 

 tusely pointed or sometimes rounded. Base somewhat wedge- 

 shaped. Midrib and petiole very stout. Secondaries relatively 

 few, 6 to 8 eight pairs, stout and flexuous, branching from the 

 midrib at an acute angle and sweeping upward in long curves 

 and eventually inosculating to complete the strictly camp'todrome 

 venation. 



This species occurs throughout the lower Raritan in New Jer- 

 sey and at somewhat higher horizons in the Cretaceous of the 

 Southern States. It is larger, relatively broader and less regular 

 than Andromeda Parlatorii Heer, the two leaves figured on plate 



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