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ficoid connections with secondaries, but these are not clear, probably 

 because it is the upper surface of the leaf that is exposed. 



Figure 28. — a, Ficus am ericana folia, new species (near Santa Barbara) ; h, Cedrela jack- 

 soniana Berry (near Santa Barbara) ; c, Chrysohalanus venczueVanus, new species (Be- 

 tijoque) ; d, Meniac'mm wolfl Engelhardt (Betijoque) ; e, same enlarged to show 

 venation. Others about three-fourths natural size. 



Among previously described fossil species the present form shows 

 similarities to Ficus laqueata Engelhardt from Santa Ana, Colombia, 

 which is a much younger form; and to F. pseudomediafolia Berry 



