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the central wing may be more or less abortive or completely so, 

 in which instance we get some terms of the series leading to Tri- 

 caly cites major or to the almost identical smaller forms which 

 are referred to Calycites obovatus and alafiis. 



Tricalycites papyraceous is abundant at Woodbridge, and also 

 occurs in the upper Raritan at South Amboy. It occurs spar- 

 ingly at Cliff wood bluff. X. J., and is abundant in the insular 

 Cretaceous floras and that of the Tuscaloosa formation of Ala- 

 bama. 



Occurrence. — Woodbridge, South Amboy. 



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



Genus TRICARPELLITES Bowerbank. 



(Hist. Foss. Fr. & Seeds, London Clay, 1840, p. 76.) 



Tricarpellites striatus Newb. 



Tricarpellites striatus Newb., Fl. Amboy Clays, 132, pi. 46, f. 

 9-13, 1896. 

 Rollick, Mon. U. S. Geol. Surv., vol. 50: 108, pi. 7, f. i, 

 1907. 



Description. — Fruit-like objects, irregidarly ovoid in shape, 

 2.5 cm. to 4 cm. in length, and about 2 cm. in diameter, apparently 

 enclosed in a longitudinally striated husk, pointed above, rounded 

 below, grouped in threes at the summit of a stout stem. 



These objects are of characteristic appearance, and are quite 

 common in the Raritan formiation at the Woodbridge locality. 

 Their botanical affinity is entirely conjectural, and they are wholly 

 confined tO' New J^i'sey, except for a single, ver^^ poorly defined 

 specimen, reported by Hollick, from IMarthas Vineyard. 



Occurrence. — Woodbridge. 



Collections. — N. Y. Botanical Garden. 



