however, that ‘‘as nearly as can be made out, the struc- 
ture is that of Sequora or Cupressinovylon as the wood 
is known in the fossil state.”” Henamed it Cupressinoxy- 
lon Bibbinsi, and suggested that this origin was supported 
by Fontaine’s recognition of 15 species of Sequoia from 
similar lignites found elsewhere in the Potomac Group. 
Hollick and Jeffrey (1909) concluded that most of the 
conifers found in Raritan strata, which had previously 
been referred to Podocarpaceae, Cupressaceae or Taxo- 
diaceae (Sequoiineae), belonged to the Araucariaceae. 
They recognized, however, the abietinious genera Prep- 
wus and Pinus. Penny (1947), on the other hand, sug- 
gested that some of the Raritan conifers that Hollick 
and Jeffrey considered aracauriaceous were taxodiaceous. 
For example, Sequoia Reichenbachi (Geinitz) Heer, which 
is synonymous with Geinitzia Reichenbachii (Geinitz) 
Holl. and Jeff., Penny considers to be essentially the 
same as Sequoia ambigua Heer. He suggests that these 
species, as well as others of Geinitzia, are taxodiaceous 
rather than araucariaceous. Araucarian remains, none- 
theless, are common in the Magothy flora of New Jersey 
and Delaware. 
Five spectra were run of specimens from USNM col- 
lection 772871. This amber was generally opaque with 
some color variation from beige to brown. Four of the 
spectra gave the pattern shown in H 861 (Plate XVI1). 
Another specimen from this same collection gave the 
typical Baltic Succinite pattern (Langenheim and Beck, 
1965). 
A taxodiaceous source is indicated from the wood in 
which the amber was enclosed, although the identifica- 
tion of this wood is tenuous. The spectral type of this 
amber (Plate XVIII) forms a family of amber including 
those from St. George, Delaware (H 357), Bordentown, 
N.J. (H 225), Cliffwood, N.J. (H 422) and Kincora, 
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