12 DESCRIPTIONS OP FOSSIL PLANTS. 



larged 6g. 66. The form of tbe leaf (fig. 2) is like that in HeerFl. 

 Tert. Ilelv., vol ii, PL lxxxi, fig. 6, agreeing also by the nervation. Tbe 

 fragment (fig. 3) has epiphytes mucb like Xylomites aggregatw Efeer, 



FI. Foss. Aret., vol. vi, PL wix, figs, 11, lib. Catalogue number, 2038. 



Laurus californica Lx. Plate IV, fig. 1. 



Differs from tbe leaves of tbe species as described and figured (Cret. 

 and Tert. PL, p. 252, PL LVin, figs. 6-8) in the more obtuse leaf. It is 

 most like Versea ampK/olia Sap. (Foss. PI. of Mexiinieux, p. 239 [109], 

 PL xxvn [xxviii], fig. 1-4). The leaves are larger in the European 

 species and tbe secondaries and intermediate tertiaries stronger. Cat- 

 alogue number, 2 196. 



Sapindus falcifolius Al. Br. Plate iv, fig. 4. 

 One specimen ; Museum number, 2604. 



Quercus <■(. cuspidata (Rossra.) Ung. Catalogue number, 2573. 

 Quercus neriifolia Al. Br. Catalogue number, 2574. 



2. 



Specimens in Claystone from tbe Lower Eocene or lignitic group. 

 Collected at Wickliffe, Ballard County, Ky., by Dr. R. U. Lougbridge 

 of the Kentucky Geological Survey. 



Myrica elaenoides, n. sp. Plate iv, fig. 5. 



Leaf long, linear lanceolate, entire, gradually tapering at base and 

 somewhat declining upon a short petiole, acute or acuminate (point 

 broken): secondares (dose, numerous, oblique, cam ptodrome; tertiaries 

 intermediate, more inclined, anastomosing at right angles on both sides, 

 reticulation very small, quadrate. 



The form of this tine leaf is like that of a Salix (e. g. f S. tabellaris Lx. 

 Miss. FL, PL xvn, fig. 4), being a little narrower and more gradually nar- 

 rowed to the petiole. The nervation is also analogous, but secondaries 

 are more numerous and more oblique. By its form also the leaf has 

 great affinity to Quercus elcena Ung. (especially as figured in Sap. Etudes 

 iii, PL ii, fig. 20, for the form, and pi. v, fig. 2 for the nervation), differing, 

 however, by the very close small quadrate, punctate areolation. The 

 aspect is also that of a Laurus, the areolation being that of Laurus 

 canariensis Willd. It appears more likely referable to Myrica, the ter- 

 tiary nervation being that of Myrica aquensis (Sap. Etudes iii, PL vn, 

 fig. 7), and the form that of M. halceoefolia (Sap. Etudes ii, PL V, tig. 9). 



Sapindus angustifolius l-x. 



Two specimens; Museum number, -599. 

 Sapindus dubius Uug. 



Eight specimens; Museum number, 2603. 

 Myrica Copeana Lx. 



One specimen: Museum number, 2521. 



