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curve upward in a subparallel manner and are camptodrome. Ter- 

 tiary system comprises intermediates between and subparallel with 

 secondaries and numerous percurrent and well-marked nervilles. 



Only a single fossil species of Guettarda has, so far as I know, hith- 

 erto been recognized. This is a quite different form from the Wilcox 

 Eocene of the Mississippi embayment region. The recent species 

 number about 50 and are chiefly found in tropical America, one — a 

 small coastal tree — reaching southern peninsular Florida {Guettarda 

 elliptica Swartz), which has leaves much like those of the present 

 fossil species. The genus is well represented at the present time in 

 the Bahamas and throughout the Antilles. 



Occurrence. — Locality No. 8684. Cut in clay near pier at Sanchez, 

 District of Samana. 



Hohtype.—C&t. No. 35460, U.S.N.M. 



