2i6 THE RARITAN FLORA. 



Carpolithus floribundus Newb. 



Carpolithiis ftorihimdus Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 133, pi. 46^ f. 

 17-21, 1896. 

 Hollick, Mon. U. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 50: no, pi. 7, f. 20, 

 21, 1907. 



Description. — Capsules broadly ovate in outline and elliptical 

 in cross-section, 5 mm. to 8 mm. in length, by 3 mm. to- 6 mm. 

 in breadth, apparently 5-chambered and dehiscing at the apex. 

 Before dehiscence the apex appears sharply pointed, afterward 

 the fossils, as preserved, show from 2 to 5 sharp teeth. 

 These capsules occur singly, sometimes attached to a rather stout 

 peduncle, in other instances they are preserved in pairs, and 

 Newberry figures one specimen (loc. cit., /. i^) in which the 

 capsule-bearing branches are apparently dichotomously arranged. 



These objects occur in considerable abundance at Woodbridge, 

 N. J., and they are also' recorded, by Hollick, from Gay Head, 

 Marthas Vineyard. Their botanical affinity is unknown. 



Occurrence. — Woodbridge. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



Carpolithus hirsutus Newb. 



Carpolithus hirsutus Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 134, pi. 46, f. 14, 



14 a, 1896. 

 Hollick, Mon. U. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 50: no, pi. y, f. 3-8, 



1907. 

 Carpolithus spinosus Hollick, Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer., vol. 7: 13, 



1895. 



Description. — Fruits obovate to elliptical in outline, i cm. to 

 1.5 cm. in length, by 0.6 cm. to i cm. in breadth, attached to a 

 stout peduncle, i cm. long, in one specimen. Ornamented with 

 a corona of prickle-like spines, in various states of preservation, 

 sometimes complete, tapering and sharply pointed, about 2.5 mm. 



