2IO THE RARITAN FLORA. 



Myrsine Gaudini (Lesq.) Berry. 

 Plate XXIV, Figs 3, 4- 



Myrsinites f Gaudini Lesq., Fl. Dakota Group, 115, pi. ^2, f. ^, 



1892. 

 Myrsine clongata Hollick, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 21 : 54, pi. ijj, 



f. 2, 1894; Ann, N. Y. Acad. Sci., vol. 11 : 420, pi 38^ 



f. s, 4 h, c, 1898; Mon. U. S. Geol. Survey, vol. 50: 



102, pi. 8, f. lb; pi. 3'C), f. 13, 14,, 1907. 

 Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 122, pi. .22, f. j-3, 1896. 

 Myrsine Gaudini Berry, Bull. Torrey Club, vol. 36:262, 1909, 



Description. — Leaves oblanceolate or elongate-obovate in out- 

 line, 5.5 cm. to 7 cm. in length by 1.9 cm. to 2.5 cm. in greatest 

 width. Margins entire. Apex obtusely rounded. Base some- 

 what elongated, narrowly cuneate. Petiole present, stout. Mid- 

 rib stout below, rapidly diminishing in calibre. Secondaries 

 numerous, 8 to 10 pairs, alternate, branching from the midrib 

 at angles of from 40° to 45°, camptodrome. When tertiary 

 venation is distinctly preserved the venation is more typical than 

 when only the secondaries are partially visible. 



This species is well distributed in the Raritan and has also been 

 recorded from Long Island and Staten Island. The identifica- 

 tion of Myrsinites ? Gaudini Lesq., with the eastern forms with 

 which it is obviously identical extends the range eastward from 

 the Dakota Group of Kansas. It may be readily distinguished 

 from the other Rartain species by its relatively narrow elongated 

 foiTn. It is also' present in undescribed collections of the writer 

 from' North Carolina and Alabama. 



Occurrence. — South Amboy, Milltown. 



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



