42 FOSSIL PLANTS IN NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



176. Andromeda linearifolia, n. sp. PI. Ill, Figs. 2 and 3. 

 Ryolite Beds, Silver Cliff, Colo.; C. W. Cross, collector. 



Leaves small, narrow, linear, coriaceous and revolute on the borders, 

 narrowed at base; medial nerve very thick and broad; secondaries 

 very oblique, parallel live to six pairs in a fragment of a leaf 2*='" long, 

 4mm broad. The angle of divergence of the nerves is only 10 to 15°. 

 The species is comparable to A. revoluta Heer. Fl. Tert. Heir., PI. (ci, 

 t. 24, especially 24b,) the leaves being however narrower and much 

 smaller, one of them preserved nearly entire being only G"*"^ long, 2™™ 

 broad. It still differs by the secondaries at a mor i acute angle of di- 

 vergence, strong, and the surface obscurely reticulate. 



Three specimens; Museum number, 2352; lot number, 209. 



177. Andromeda Parlatorii, Heer. 



Las Animas, Colo.; Dr. C. A. White, collector; one specimen; Museum 

 number, 2354; lot number, 4. 



178. Andromeda! protogaea? Heer. 



Clear Lake, Cal.; G. F. Becker, collector; eleven specimens; Museum 

 number, 2353; lot number, 10. Kudlisart, iSTorth Greenland; A. A. 

 Ackerman, collector; one specimen; Museum number, 2356; lot num- 

 ber, 44. 



VACCINACE-aJ. 



EUVACCINIE^. 



179. Vaccinium Coloradense n. sp. PI. Ill, Fig. 4, .'>. 



Eyolite beds. Silver Cliff", Colo.; C. W Cross, collector. 



Leaves small, oval, pointed at apex, narrowed to the base, coriaceous 

 and very entire, lateral nerves camptodrome close and forked at apex, 

 6-7 pairs in leaves 16 millimeters long 6 millimeters broad ; angle of 

 divergence of the nerves 25-30^. Related to V. acheronticum Heer Fl. 

 Tert. Helv., PI. CI, f. 29, with the veins forking near the borders as in 

 V. Orel, fig. 35, same plate. 



Two specimens; Museum number, 2357; lot number, 209. 



Ryolite beds. Silver Cliff, Colo.; C. W. Cross, collector; one speci- 

 men; Museum number, 2372 (on same stone as number, 2371); lot num. 

 ber, 209. 



CORNACEiE. 



180. Cornus ferox Ung. 



Kudlisart, North Greenland; A. A. Ackerman, collector; one speci- 

 men; Museum number, 2368 (on same stone as number 2366); lot num- 

 ber 44. 



181. Cornus rhamnifolia ? O. Web. 



New Jersey? Collector unknown; two specimens; Museum number, 

 2360; lot number, 16. 



