FOSSIL FLORA. 659 



and lias the same toothing in tlie upper portion, differing only in being a 

 little more acute than the type. The basal j^ortion is wanting. 



The locahty which afforded the original siiecimen is unknown (cf. Tert. 

 Fl, p. 133), but from the fact that it was sent to Lesquereux with a lot of 

 material from near Florissant, Colorado, it was assumed to Ijelong to the 

 Green River group. It is preserved in the collection of the United States 

 National Museum (No. 1652), and appears to have actually come from the 



Florissant shale. 



Habitat: ^Mount Everts, near summit, on western end; collected l)y 



F. H. Knowlton, July 27, 1S88. 



QqEKCUS ELLISIAX.'V Lx. 

 PI. LXXTII.tig.C. 

 (^nerens ellisimw Lx.: Fifth Auii. Kept. U. S. Geol. and Geoo-. Surv. Terr., 1871 (1872), 

 p. 297 ; Tert. FL, j). 155, PL XX, figs. 4, 5, 7, 8, 187S. 



A consideral:)le number of s})ecimens that leave no doubt as to the 

 correctness of their determination. 



The example figured is only partially preserved and is much larger 

 than is usual in this species. It has, however, the shape and nervation of 

 Q. eJUsiaiia, and I refer it with some hesitation to this form. 



Habitat: :\Iount Everts, near the sunnnit of the west end; collected 

 by F. H. Knowlton, July 27, 1S88. The figured specimen was collected 

 by George M. AVright, July 7, 1885, on the top of Mount Everts, on the 



west face. 



Malapoenna weediana? Kn. 



Malapoenna n-eediana Kn.: BulL U. S. Geol. Surv. No. 152, p. 142, 1898. 



Litsea tceediana Kn.: BulL U. S. GeoL Surv. No. 105, p. 55, 1893. 



Teranthera sessiUftora Lx. ex. p, Lesquereux : Tert. FL, p. 217, PL XXXV, flg. 9, 1878. 



There is a single, nuich broken fragment that appears to belong to this 

 species. It is too fragmentary to be positive. 



Habitat: Top of Mount Everts, west face; collected by George M. 

 Wright, July 7, 1885. 



Paliurus minimus n. sp. 

 PL LXXYII, tigs. 7-9. 

 Leaves thin, membranaceous, nearly circular in outline, very slightly 

 wedge-shaped at base, rounded and obtuse at apex; margin perfectly 



