2o8 THE RARITAN FLORA. 



good specimens from Milltown, six in all, one of which is a 

 replica of Newberry's specimen shown on pi. 31, fig. 3. Also 

 found at the Hylton Pits. 



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



Order PRIMULALES. 



Famjily MYRSINACE^. 



Genus MYRSINE Linne. 



(Sp. PL, 1753, p. 196.) 

 Myrsine borealis Heer. 



Myrsine borealis Heer, Fl. Foss. Arct., vol. 3, ab. 2: 113, pi. ^2, 

 f. 23, 1874; Ibid., vol. 6, ab. 2 : 81, pi. 24, f. yh, 8, pi. 

 27 > f- lb; pi. 44, f. 5a; pi. 46, f. 19, 20, 1882. 

 White, Amer. Jour. Sci., vol., 39:98, pi. 2, f. 5, 1890. 

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

 Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 122, pi. 24, f. 4-^6, 1896. 

 Hollick, Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., vol., 7:13, 1895; Mon. 

 Uj. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 50: 102, pi. jp, /. 10, 11, 1907. 

 Diospyros rotundifolia Hollick, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 21 : 53, 

 pL ifQ, f. 2, 1894. 



Description. — "M. foliis ovatis (?), integerrimis, nervis 

 secundariis numerosis, approximatis, ramosis, camptodromis." 

 Heer, 1874. 



Leaves ovate-elliptical in outline, obtusely rounded above and 

 slightly cuneate below, 2 15 cm. to 5 cm. in length, by 1.2 cm. to 3 

 cm. in width, with a stout petiole about i cm. in length. Margins 

 entire. Texture coriaceous, more or less obscuring the venation. 

 Midrib stout. Secondaries mediumly stout, 5 tO' 8 alternate pairs, 

 parallel, branching from the midrib at an acute angle, campto- 

 drome. Tertiaries fine, forming an inosculating series of elongated 

 meshes more or less parallel with the secondaries. In specimens 

 in which the tertiary venation is visible the appearance is very 



