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RECENT DETERMINATIONS OF FOSSIL PLANTS FROM KENTUCKY 

 LOUISIANA, OREGON, CALIFORNIA, ALASKA, GREENLAND, ETC., 

 WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



BY LEO LESQUEREUX, COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



[Compiled and prepared for publication by F. H. Knowlton, Assistant Curator 

 Botany and Fossil Plants, U. S. National Museum.] 



(With Plates iv-xvi.) 



The fossil plants of which the following determinations have been 

 made belong to collections of greater or less extent that have been sent 

 to the U. S. National Museum from various parts of the country. While 

 most of the species are well known, a large percentage of species new 

 to science have been detected, particularly in the collections from Ore- 

 gon and California. 



Following is an enumeration of the various localities from which these 

 plants have been obtained, with an indication (when known) of the geo- 

 logic horizon to which each belongs: 



1. Boaz Station, Graves County, Ivy Tertiary (Pliocene). 



2. Wicklifte, Ballard County, Ky Lower Eocene. 



3. Van Horn's Ranch, John Day Valley, Oregon Miocene. 



4. Cherry Creek, Wasco County, Oregon Laramie. 



5. Campbell's Quarry, Cross Lake, La...„ Laramie. 



C. McLee's, near Mansfield, La Laramie. 



7. Coral Hollow, Alameda County, Cal Miocene. 



8. Monte Christo Tunnel, Summit of Spanish Peak, Cal., Miocene. 



9. Shasta County, Cal Miocene. 



10. Lassen County, Cal Eocene. 



11. Cape Lisbourne, Alaska Neocomian. 



12. Greenland Miocene. 



13. Contra Costa County, Cal Upper Miocene. 



14. Sam's Creek, Jackson County, Oregon Unknown. 



15. " Fossil Point, P. Y. Sheet" Unknowu. 



1G. Selma, Cherokee County, Tex Unknown. 



17. Bridgetown, N. J Pliocene. 



18. Fremont Expedition Oolite? 



19. " Fortieth Parallel Collection" Unknown. 



20. Miscellaneous localities Mostly unknown. 



1. 



Specimens from Boaz Station, Graves County, Ky. Collected by Dr. 

 Ii. II. Loughridge of the Kentucky Geological Survey. Specimens pre- 

 served in a white or purple plastic clay, of the Lagrange group of Saf- 

 fonl, probably Upper Tertiary. 

 Ficus multinervis Heer. Plate iv, figs. 2, 3. 



These leaves have the exact nervation of the species as figured iu 

 Ett. Foss. Fl. v. Bilin, part i, PI. xx, figs. 5, 0, especially like the en- 



