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straight in their oouiso. tliiiiner than tho inid- 

 ril). Above the primaries there is an interval, 

 and then abmit six pairs of tliin. curved, ap- 

 proximately parallel eaiuptodrome secondaries 

 branch from the midrib at acute an«;les. The 

 lateral primal ies give off on the outside numer- 

 ous regularly spaced and approximately par- 

 allel curved cainptotlrome seconilaries, the 

 latter ieature serving to distinguish this species 

 from other f(>ssil species of this genus and from 

 Ciiuiainomum. Cocculus, or other genera having 

 somewlial similar lea%es, with whicli it might 

 be compared. Texture coriaceous. 



This fine large species is represented at 

 Arthurs BhifT, Tex., by fragmentary but char- 

 acteristic specimens. The description was 

 largely drawn up from abundant and complete 

 material from the Tuscaloosa formation of 

 western .Vlabama. The spi'cimens show con- 

 siderable variation in size and some in outline, 

 the leaf being widest either nearer to or farther 

 from the base. In the latter form the distal 

 part is more fully i-ounded and abruptly con- 

 tracted to the acuminate tip, while the base is 

 more gradually narrowed and finally cuneate 

 rather than rlecurrent. In the former the 

 apical part is more gradually narrowed and the 

 base is full and rounded abruptly, decurring 

 to the petiole. 



This species is markedly different from other 

 described fossil forms but may be matclied by 

 several modern tropical American species of 

 Oreodaphnf. The genus Oreodaphne of Nees, 

 which is exclusively American in the existing 

 flora, is made a subgenus of Ocotea Aublet by 

 Pax in Engler and Prantl's '' Die natiirlichen 

 Pfl^mzenfamilien." The genusOcoteu. which for 

 paleobotanic purposes may be considered as 

 composite, has about two hundred modtrn 

 species occurring chiefly in the American 

 Tropics and ranging from southern Florida to 

 Brazil and Peru hut having some representa- 

 tives (subgenus MexpUodaphne Nees) in the 

 Canary Islands, South Africa, Madagascar, 

 ami the Mascarene Islands. 



The single existing American species reach- 

 ing the I'nited States whose habit and environ- 

 ment may be taken as typical for the whole 

 genus is found in Florida, southward from 

 Capes Canaveral and Romano, along the shores 

 and islands, except on some of the western keys, 

 making its best growth in the rich, moist ham- 

 mock lands near the coast. 



Oenus CINNAMOMTTM Blume 



Cinnamomum nowberryi Herrr. 



Pluti' XX.XIX, liKur.-;!. 



Crnrumwnium sezunnciisi- Ilcer. Flora fotsilin arctira. vol. ti, 

 Al.t. 2. p. 77. pi. lit, liR. «; pi. :!:$. figs. 11. 12, 1882 

 (not. Wiilcleti; vol. 7. p. :«l, pi. 11, fig. la. 1883. 



LeBqucreux, The llora of the I»akota group, p. 107, pi. 

 12. lig. 7, 1892 (not lig. (i). 



l)a\vson. Roy. Soc. Canada TraiiK., Istser., vol. 2. sec. 

 I. p. 6-1. pi. 13, fig. .")S, 1891. 



Hollick. Torrcy Bot. Cluh Bull., vol. 21, p. h'i. pi. 

 ISO, figs. 5, 7, 1891. 



Penhallow. Roy. Sor. Canada Trans.. 2d ser.. vol. 8, 

 sec. 4. p. -It). 1902. 



Hollick. New York State Mu.s. Kilty-IUlli .\iui Kept., 

 for 1901. p. r.50, 1903. 

 Cinnamomum miermcdium Newlierry. .Smitli, On the ge- 

 ology of the Coastal Plain of Alabama, p. 348, 1894 

 (nomen nudum) (not Ettingshaiisen). 



Newberry, The fiora of the Amboy clay.s. p. 89. pi. 29. 

 figs. 1-i. 1896. 



Berry. New.l ersey Gcol. Sur\-ey .\nn. Rept. for 190.'). 

 p. 139. pi. 20, figs. 2-6. 1906; Torrey Bot. Club Hull., 

 vol. 33. p, 179. pi. 7. figs. 3. 4; vol. 37, p. 27. 1910. 



Hollick, The Cretaceous flora of southern New York 

 and New England, p, 74, pi. 29. fig. 7; pi. 30, figs. 

 1, 2, 1906. 

 Cinnamomum neubcrryi Berry. Torrey Bot. Cluli Bull., 

 vol. 38. p. 423. 1911; New Jersey Geol. Sun-ey 

 Bull. 3. p. 150. pi. 16, fig. 3, 1911; U. S. Geol. Sur- 

 vey Prof. Paper 84. pp. b4. 117. pi. 9. figs. 12, 13; 

 pi. 21, figs. 9-11, 1914; Maryland Geol. Survey. 

 Upper Cretaceous, p. 860. pi. 71, fig. 6. 1916; U. S. 

 Geol, Survey Prof. Paper 112. p. 118. pi. 21, figs. 6-9, 

 1919. 

 Cinnamomum n. sp.? Knowlton, U. S. (<eol. Survey 

 Twenty-first Ann. Rept.. pt. 7. p. 317. 1901. 



Leaves subcoriaceous, lanceolate to ovate- 

 lanceolate, differing greatly in size and conse- 

 rjuently in appearance. Apex short-pointed or 

 more or less narrowly extended; base broad, 

 narrowed to the petiole. Primaries three, usu- 

 ally suprabasilar. 



This species is primarily distinguished from 

 Cmnamomum heerii Lescjuereux, which Knowl- 

 ton ^* recorded from the Woodl)ine sand of 

 Cooke County, Tex., by its relatively iiaiTower 

 form and acute base. The present species, as 

 revised according to the foregoing citations, 

 has a remarkable range in the Upper Creta- 

 ceous. It is recorded from the Karitan for- 

 mation of New Jersey, the oldest formation in 

 which it has been found. Al)()vc the Raritan 

 it occurs in the Atane and Patoot beds of Green- 

 land, in the Magothy formation from I^ong 



M Knowlton, F.H.,in IIiU.R.T.. Geography and geology of the Black 

 and Grand prairies, p ,31s, 1901. 



